A History Of Modern Oman

Author : Jeremy Jones,Nicholas Ridout
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2015-08-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9781107009400

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The ideal introduction to the history of modern Oman from the eighteenth century to the present, this book combines the most recent scholarship on Omani history with insights drawn from a close analysis of the politics and international relations of contemporary Oman. Jeremy Jones and Nicholas Ridout offer a distinctive new approach to Omani history, building on post-colonial thought and integrating the study of politics and culture. The book addresses key topics including Oman's historical cosmopolitanism, the distinctive role of Omani Islam in the country's social and political life, Oman's role in the global economy of the nineteenth century, insurrection and revolution in the twentieth century, the role of Sultan Qaboos in the era of oil and Oman's unique regional and diplomatic perspective on contemporary issues.

Author : Jeremy Jones,Nicholas Ridout
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2015-08-31
Category : History
ISBN : 1107402026

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A History of Modern Oman by Jeremy Jones,Nicholas Ridout Pdf

The ideal introduction to the history of modern Oman from the eighteenth century to the present, this book combines the most recent scholarship on Omani history with insights drawn from a close analysis of the politics and international relations of contemporary Oman. Jeremy Jones and Nicholas Ridout offer a distinctive new approach to Omani history, building on post-colonial thought and integrating the study of politics and culture. The book addresses key topics including Oman's historical cosmopolitanism, the distinctive role of Omani Islam in the country's social and political life, Oman's role in the global economy of the nineteenth century, insurrection and revolution in the twentieth century, the role of Sultan Qaboos in the era of oil and Oman's unique regional and diplomatic perspective on contemporary issues.

Author : Jeremy Jones,Nicholas Ridout
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2015-08-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9781316404591

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A History of Modern Oman by Jeremy Jones,Nicholas Ridout Pdf

The ideal introduction to the history of modern Oman from the eighteenth century to the present, this book combines the most recent scholarship on Omani history with insights drawn from a close analysis of the politics and international relations of contemporary Oman. Jeremy Jones and Nicholas Ridout offer a distinctive new approach to Omani history, building on postcolonial thought and integrating the study of politics and culture. The book addresses key topics including Oman's historical cosmopolitanism, the distinctive role of Omani Islam in the country's social and political life, Oman's role in the global economy of the nineteenth century, insurrection and revolution in the twentieth century, the role of Sultan Qaboos in the era of oil and Oman's unique regional and diplomatic perspective on contemporary issues.

Author : Patricia Risso
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2016-02-12
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317291756

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Oman and Muscat by Patricia Risso Pdf

During the early modern period Oman held a key position in the trade routes whereby the Muslim world dominated indigenous trade in the Indian Ocean. In the second half of the eighteenth century, Oman broke free from foreign political control and became the dominant economic and naval force in the western Indian Ocean and the Gulf. This was a golden age for Omanis, when their economic power and political prestige were at their height. This study, first published in 1986, presents a detailed, comprehensive history of this important period, and includes tribal politics, the role of religion, and Oman’s relations with neighbouring areas such as Persia and East Africa. The era ends with the political and maritime pressures exerted on Oman by Britain and France, and the territorial pressures exerted by the Wahhabi Arabians.

Author : Francis Owtram
Publisher : I.B. Tauris
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2004-06-25
Category : History
ISBN : 1860646174

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A Modern History of Oman by Francis Owtram Pdf

A Modern History of Oman details the British influence in Oman from early contacts with the Sultan of Muscat in 1800. The discovery of oil in the region in 1932, following earlier Middle East discoveries, increased the key strategic importance of Oman and set the pattern for the 20th century. The ""modernizing"" Sultan Qabus, supported by the British, seized power by a coup in 1970, confirmed Oman's position as a key state in the Persian Gulf region. This illuminating work is based on state documents from Europe, US, Japan and the Arab world covering Oman and Western geopolitical policy.

Author : Allen James Fromherz,Abdulrahman al-Salimi
Publisher : EUP
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2024-02-14
Category : History
ISBN : 1474493475

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Sultan Qaboos and Modern Oman, 1970-2020 by Allen James Fromherz,Abdulrahman al-Salimi Pdf

Explores the social, cultural, legal and religious changes that occurred in Oman during the reign of Sultan Qaboos

Author : Calvin H. Allen, Jr
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 175 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2016-02-05
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317291633

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Oman: the Modernization of the Sultanate by Calvin H. Allen, Jr Pdf

Until the 1970s Oman was an isolated, almost medieval kingdom, virtually unknown to the outside world. The 1970 palace coup that brought Sultan Qaboos b. Sa’id Al-Sa’id to power also brought Oman into the twentieth century. Development programmes made modernization a rapid process, and Oman’s location at the entrance to the Straits of Hormuz gave the country an increasing importance to US security interests in the Gulf region. Yet despite modernization, Oman remains an unknown land. This book, first published in 1987, dispels some of the mystery by focusing on the land, the people and the history. It explores the influences on events of trade, foreign involvement in Omani affairs, and Ibadism (the principal sect of Islam in Oman). It also emphasizes the role of the Sultan in contemporary Oman. The architect of Oman’s ‘new age’, Qaboos has overseen significant changes in the country’s political system and rapid economic growth financed by oil exports.

Author : Adrian Vickers
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 325 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2013-03-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9781107019478

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A History of Modern Indonesia by Adrian Vickers Pdf

This updated edition examines the rise of fundamentalist Islam in Indonesia and asks why the country's democratic aspirations have yet to be realized.

Author : John Townsend
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : Oman
ISBN : 0856644463

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Oman by John Townsend Pdf

Author : Marc Valeri
Publisher : Hurst Publishers
Page : 293 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781850659334

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Oman by Marc Valeri Pdf

When Sultan Qaboos overthrew his father as ruler of the Persian Gulf state of Oman in 1970, with the help of British advisers, few expected him to survive long. He was unknown to his own population, and the country was poor and plagued by civil wars. Yet he has built his regime's legitimacy on a policy of national unification, the assimilation of all of Oman to the oil rentier state framework, and of his state to the person of the sultan, the incarnation of the country's 'renaissance'. This books seeks to understand the mechanisms of social and political perpetuation of authoritarianism in post-colonial states such as Oman. It shows how one monarchical power has built and constantly renewed its basis to meet the internal and external challenges threatening its stability. Yet this book also raises the question of what happens when one part of this model, namely an oil-rent economy, falters, with half the population under fifteen years of age and when the privileges enjoyed till recently may no longer be tenable. Valeri also sheds light on the strategies adopted and challenges faced by other Arab monarchies in the Persian Gulf, Morocco and Jordan.

Author : Pauline Searle
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2016-04-14
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317242093

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Dawn Over Oman by Pauline Searle Pdf

Oman is one of the most beautiful and popular countries in the Middle East, yet a few years ago it was one of the world’s backwaters where visitors were discouraged. The turning point came with the takeover of power by Sultan Qaboos bin Said in 1970. This book, first published in 1979, takes the reader around the country, from the rugged Musandam peninsula in the north to the southern province of Dhofar. It builds a bridge between historical and modern Oman, describes the people and their landscapes, and the country’s indigenous arts and crafts.

Author : Susan Gilson Miller
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2013-04-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9780521810708

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A History of Modern Morocco by Susan Gilson Miller Pdf

"This book offers a richly documented survey of modern Moroccan history. Concise and readable, it will enthrall all those searching for the background to present-day events in the region"--

Author : Hussein Ghubash
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2014-02-04
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781135035662

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Oman - The Islamic Democratic Tradition by Hussein Ghubash Pdf

Oman is the inheritor of a unique political tradition, the imama (imamate), and has a special place in the Arab Islamic world. From the eighth century and for more than a thousand years, the story of Oman was essentially a story of an original, minority, movement: the Ibadi. This long period was marked by the search for a just imama through the Ibadi model of the Islamic State. Hussein Ghubash’s well-researched book takes the reader on an historical voyage through geography, politics, and culture of the region, from the sixteenth century to the present day. Oman has long-standing ties with East Africa as well as Europe; the first contact between Oman and European imperialist powers took place at the dawn of the 1500s with the arrival of the Portuguese, eventually followed by the Dutch, French and British. Persuasive, thorough and drawing on Western as well as Islamic political theory, this book analyzes the different historical and geopolitical roles of this strategic country. Thanks to its millennial tradition, Oman enjoys a solid national culture and a stable socio-political situation. Today, it is moving steadily towards a democratic future.

Author : Ḥamīd ibn Muḥammad Ibn Ruzayq
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 594 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1871
Category : Oman
ISBN : STANFORD:36105027999916

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History of the Imâms and Seyyids of ʼOmân by Ḥamīd ibn Muḥammad Ibn Ruzayq Pdf

Author : Richard J. Reid
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 431 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2017-03-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9781107067202

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A History of Modern Uganda by Richard J. Reid Pdf

A comprehensive history of Uganda, examining its political, economic and social development from its precolonial origins to the present day.