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1. Health and disease in Saudi Arabia : oral history transcript : the Aramco experience, 1940s-1990s / 1998 Volume 1 by Bancroft Library. Regional Oral History Office | |
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(2009-10-26)
Asin: B003O626Z4 Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
2. A History of Saudi Arabia by Madawi Al-Rasheed | |
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(2010-05-24)
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3. A Brief History of Saudi Arabia by James Wynbrandt | |
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(2010-06)
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4. The History of Saudi Arabia by Alexei Vassiliev | |
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(1997-01-01)
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Editorial Review Product Description Recipient of the CHOICE 1999 Outstanding Academic title Among the numerous publications on the history of the Arabian peninsula, The History of Saudi Arabia is unique in its comprehensive coverage of the evolution of the socio-political structure of Saudi society during the 250 years of its existence. Among the vast array of topics, the author studies the movement of the Wahhabi religious reformers, who call themselves muwahhidun (believers in one God), the various stages of development of the Saudi state, the role of the 'oil factor' in the transformation of Saudi society, the appearance of frequently conflictual new classes and social groups, and Saudi Arabia's role in the international arena. The book is based on a wealth of sources: Arab texts (including many original Arabian chronicles) by both protagonists and antagonists of the Saudi dynasty and the Wahhabis; accounts by European travellers, diplomats, scholars and intelligence officers from the eighteenth to the twentieth century; the documents and publications of the British administration in India; twentieth-century Arabic sources, including not only official Saudi publications but also accounts by participants in the formative events described; works by prominent east European academics that have previously been unavailable in English; US publications; and Russian sources, including the previously untapped riches of the Russian archives. Customer Reviews (9)
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5. History of the Wahabis (Founders of Saudi Arabia) by Louis Alexander Olivier De Corancez | |
Hardcover: 161
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(1995-12)
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6. The History of Saudi Arabia (The Greenwood Histories of the Modern Nations) by Wayne H. Bowen | |
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(2007-12-30)
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Editorial Review Product Description Modern Saudi Arabia is a nation struggling to adopt its eighteenth-century political and religious system to the demands of the new millennium. Governed by an absolute monarchy, the Saudi state confronts the multiple challenges of globalization with a cautiousness that has characterized its modern history. Unlike in most previous centuries, when events in the peninsula were of little note outside the Islamic world, Arabia is presently a state of critical importance. With the largest share of the world's proven petroleum reserves, a dominant role in OPEC, key political and geographic terrain in the Middle East, the international prominence that comes with controlling the holy cities of Mecca and Medina, and a major role in promoting fundamentalist Wahhabi Islam, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is arguably more significant and relevant to the world than at any time in its history, at least since the lifetime of the Prophet Mohammed during the sixth and seventh centuries. This book examines the history of Saudi Arabia and its attempts to transform to the new world while maintaining its past. Ideal for students and general readers, The History of Saudi Arabia is part of The Greenwood Histories of the Modern Nations series. With the histories of nearly 40 nations in print, these books provide readers with a concise, up-to-date history of countries throughout the world. Reference features include a biographical section highlighting famous figures in Saudi Arabian history, a timeline of important historical events, a glossary of terms, and a bibliographical essay with suggestions for further reading. |
7. Saudi Arabia: Government, Society and the Gulf Crisis by Mordechai Abir | |
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(1993-03-10)
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8. The Middle East - Life in Saudi Arabia: Customs, Antics, Traditions, Habits, and Lifestyles of the People that Live, Work, and Play There- a "Westerner's" Perspective by K. Andrew Pulsifer | |
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(2003-05-27)
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9. Desert Kingdom: How Oil and Water Forged Modern Saudi Arabia by Toby Craig Jones | |
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(2010-11-08)
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Editorial Review Product Description Oil and water, and the science and technology used to harness them, have long been at the heart of political authority in Saudi Arabia. Oil’s abundance, and the fantastic wealth it generated, has been a keystone in the political primacy of the kingdom’s ruling family. The other bedrock element was water, whose importance was measured by its dearth. Over much of the twentieth century, it was through efforts to control and manage oil and water that the modern state of Saudi Arabia emerged. The central government’s power over water, space, and people expanded steadily over time, enabled by increasing oil revenues. The operations of the Arabian American Oil Company proved critical to expansion and to achieving power over the environment. Political authority in Saudi Arabia took shape through global networks of oil, science, and expertise. And, where oil and water were central to the forging of Saudi authoritarianism, they were also instrumental in shaping politics on the ground. Nowhere was the impact more profound than in the oil-rich Eastern Province, where the politics of oil and water led to a yearning for national belonging and to calls for revolution. Saudi Arabia is traditionally viewed through the lenses of Islam, tribe, and the economics of oil. Desert Kingdom now provides an alternative history of environmental power and the making of the modern Saudi state. It demonstrates how vital the exploitation of nature and the roles of science and global experts were to the consolidation of political authority in the desert. |
10. The Creation of Saudi Arabia: Ibn Saud and British Imperial Policy, 1914-1927 (History and Society in the Islamic World) by Askar H. Al-Enazy | |
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(2009-11-02)
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Editorial Review Product Description Overturning previous interpretations that see the territorial expansion of the Saudi state between 1915 and 1926 as the result of an aggressive Wahhabi ideology carried out by a politically ambitious Ibn Saud, this book explores the links between Saudi territorial expansion and British Imperial policy. Depicting this expansion as the outcome of the implementation of Britain’s imperial policy to achieve specific regional military and political objectives in the Middle East, the author examines the Anglo-Saudi legal arrangement which fully integrated Saudi foreign policy into the framework of Britain’s imperial policy system in order to serve specific British military and political objectives in the Middle East concerning primarily, but not exclusively, the occupation of Palestine. The personality of Ibn Saud and his religious ideology of Wahhabism served as most effective policy instruments.The author shows how Ibn saud’s motivation was primarily defensive, preservationist and in agreement with the acquiescent nature of Wahhabism in which absolute obedience to the ruler constitutes its cardinal principle. In this context, he compares its inherently antagonistic attitude towards non-Wahhabi muslims with its fundamentally benevolent outlook towards non-Muslims, particularly western Christian powers. |
11. The Saudi Enigma: A History by Pascal Ménoret | |
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(2005-08-20)
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Editorial Review Product Description Despite speculation about Saudi interests and loyalties that have been directed at the country since 9/11, Arabia remains the key US ally in the Arab Middle East. Ménoret debunks the facile notions about Saudi society, and focuses our attention on present political and economic realities that cannot be reduced to essentialist "tribalist" ideas. Ménoret illustrates the emerging autonomous--and Islamic--manifestations of Saudi national identity, fiercely reformist rather than medieval, complex and varied rather than merely a justification or support for the rule of the al-Saud royal family. Underlying this accountis a sophisticated economic history of the Saudi state, from the eighteenth century to the present day, which details all the alliances and manoeuvres that have brought the country and its rulers to their current precarious position. Customer Reviews (3)
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12. Saudi-Arabia: Bibliography on Society, Politics, Economics/Saudi-Arabien : Bibliographie Zu (Bibliographies on Regional Geography & Area Studies) (Vol I) by Hans-Jurgen Philipp | |
Hardcover: 405
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(1984-09)
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13. Najd Before the Salafi Reform Movement: Social Political and Religious Conditions During the Three Centuries Preceding the Rise of the Saudi State by Uwidah Metaireek Al-Juhany, Uwaidah M. Al Juhany | |
Hardcover: 224
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(2002-08)
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14. The Making of Saudi Arabia, 1916-1936: From Chieftaincy to Monarchical State (Studies in Middle Eastern History) by Joseph Kostiner | |
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(1993-12-02)
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15. Syria and Saudi Arabia: Collaboration and Conflicts in the Oil Era (Library of International Relations) by Sonoko Sunayama | |
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(2007-06-15)
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Editorial Review Product Description The nature of the relationship between Syria and Saudi Arabia during the oil era poses many questions for the commentators and analysts of inter-Arab politics during this period. Why have these two states pursued mutually conflicting aims in almost every major regional or international foreign policy issue? Why, over the course of the past thirty years, have they often propagated contrasting ideological banners while both acting as though some form of an alignment existed between them? Here Sonoko Sunayama explores the apparent paradox behind this longstanding relationship and argues that what ultimately makes Saudis and Syrians so indispensable to each other is the perception and the historical appeal of Â'shared identities', be they Arabism or Islam. |
16. A History of Saudi Arabia.(Book Review) (book review): An article from: Middle East Policy by Brooks Wrampelmeier | |
Digital: 9
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(2003-03-22)
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17. Health and Disease in Saudi Arabia (Volume 01); Oral History Transcript: the Aramco Experience, 1940s-1990s | 1998 by Bancroft Library. Regional Office | |
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(2010-01-04)
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18. Kings and Camels: An American in Saudi Arabia by Grant C. Butler | |
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(2008-03-30)
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19. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (Arabian Library) by Norman Anderson | |
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(1997-06)
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20. The Role of Multinational Companies in the Middle East: The Case of Saudi Arabia by Mamarinta P. Mababaya | |
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(2003-01)
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