| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 607 pages) : illustrations, maps. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Studien zur Geschichte und Kultur des islamischen Orients. Beihefte zur Zeitschrift "der Islam",
1862-1295 ;
Neue Folge, Bd. 25
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Social matters : infrastructure, premises & practices -- Sea people, Ahl al-Bahr : livelihoods and profits -- Coastal plains & sands : livelihoods & profits -- Mountain living : Ru'us al-Jibal -- Mountain living : western Hajar -- Distribution of produce & services -- Ruling and rulers -- What happened to turn our world upside-down? -- Back to history. |
| Summary |
Based on interviews and field research, the authors explore the sets of ideas Arab tribespeople from Ras Al-Khaimah had about tribe and community; social and economic networks, and jural contracts for livelihoods and profits; their uses of their environments; the moral relations of credit, debt and labour; ruling; economic and political transformations; and ideas of regional history where conflicts were regarded as disputes over sets of ideas, and informal accounts of tribal and local histories. Published sources give a wider context to these ideas and events which show the great complexity and differing perspectives of 'life before oil' in the Gulf. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Human geography -- United Arab Emirates -- Raʼs al-Khaymah (Emirate)
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Human geography. |
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United Arab Emirates -- Raʼs al-Khaymah (Emirate) |
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Ethnology -- United Arab Emirates -- Raʼs al-Khaymah (Emirate)
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Ethnology. |
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Petroleum industry and trade -- United Arab Emirates -- Raʼs al-Khaymah (Emirate)
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Petroleum industry and trade. |
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Raʼs al-Khaymah (United Arab Emirates : Emirate) -- Social life and customs.
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Raʼs al-Khaymah (United Arab Emirates : Emirate) -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
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Raʼs al-Khaymah (United Arab Emirates : Emirate) -- History -- 20th century.
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| Chronological Term |
1900-1999 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Added Author |
Lancaster, Fidelity.
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| Added Title |
Honor is in contentment |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Lancaster, William. Honour is in Contentment : Life Before Oil in Ras Al-Khaimah (Uae) and Some Neighbouring Regions. Berlin : De Gruyter, ©2011 9783111739854 |
| ISBN |
9783110223408 (electronic book) |
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3110223406 (electronic book) |
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1283398761 |
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9781283398763 |
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9783110223392 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
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