Honour is in contentment : life before oil in Ras al-Khaimah (UAE) and some neighbouring regions /

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...

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Main Author: Lancaster, William, 1938-
Other Authors: Lancaster, Fidelity.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, ©2011.
Series:Studien zur Geschichte und Kultur des islamischen Orients (2004) ; n.F., Bd. 25.
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