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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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Berlin ; Boston :
De Gruyter,
©2011.
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| Series: | Studien zur Geschichte und Kultur des islamischen Orients (2004) ;
n.F., Bd. 25. |
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| Online Access: | CONNECT CONNECT |
| 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. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiv, 607 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9783110223408 3110223406 1283398761 9781283398763 3110223392 9783110223392 9786613398765 6613398764 |
| ISSN: | 1862-1295 ; |
