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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 Authors: Lancaster, William 1938- (Author), Lancaster, Fidelity (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Berlin New York Walter de Gruyter 2011
Series:Studien zur Geschichte und Kultur des islamischen Orients.Beihefte zur Zeitschrift "der Islam", Neue Folge, Band 25
Subjects:
Human geography > United Arab Emirates > Raʼs al-Khaymah (Emirate)
Ethnology > United Arab Emirates > Raʼs al-Khaymah (Emirate)
Petroleum industry and trade > United Arab Emirates > Raʼs al-Khaymah (Emirate)
Raʼs al-Khaymah (United Arab Emirates : Emirate) > Social conditions > 20th century
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