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Author Sachedina, Amal, 1974- author.

Title Cultivating the past, living the modern the politics of time in the Sultanate of Oman / Amal Sachedina.

Publication Info. Ithaca [New York] Cornell University Press 2021.
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Description 1 online resource (xii, 273 pages) : illustrations, map
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction: heritage discourse and its alterities -- Reform and revolt through the pen and the sword -- Nizwa Fort and the dalla during the Imamate -- Museum effects -- Ethics of history-making -- Nizwa, city of memories -- Nizwa's lasting legacy of slavery -- The al-Lawati as a historical category -- Conclusion: cultivating the past
Summary "Centered in Muscat and Nizwa, the book analyzes the relations with the past that undergird the shift in Oman from an Ibadi shari'a Imamate (1913-1958) to a modern nation state from 1970 onwards. Key locales and objects become sites for tracking transformations in forms of history, religious and political authority"-- Provided by publisher
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Subject Material culture -- Political aspects -- Oman.
Material culture.
Oman.
Material culture -- Social aspects -- Oman.
Material culture -- Social aspects.
Cultural property -- Oman -- History.
Cultural property.
History.
Oman -- Civilization -- History.
Civilization.
Oman -- Politics and government -- History.
Politics and government.
HISTORY / Middle East / Arabian Peninsula.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Sachedina, Amal, 1974- Cultivating the past, living the modern Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2021 9781501758614 (DLC) 2020050799 (OCoLC)1224041763
ISBN 9781501758638 electronic publication
1501758632 electronic publication
1501758624 electronic book
9781501758621 (electronic book)
9781501758614 hardcover
1501758616 hardcover
9781501760020 paperback
1501760025 paperback

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