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: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Berlin New York
Walter de Gruyter
2011
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| Series: | Studien zur Geschichte und Kultur des islamischen Orients.Beihefte zur Zeitschrift "der Islam",
Neue Folge, Band 25 |
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| 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: | xiv, 607 pages illustrations, maps 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 9783110223392 (hbk) 9783110223408 (ebk) 3110223406 (ebk) |
| ISSN: | 1862-1295 |