History of Modern Oman

This book combines recent scholarship on Omani history with insights drawn from close analysis of Oman's politics and international relations.

List of contents

Introduction; 1. Oman and the Al Bu Said; 2. Oman, Zanzibar and empire; 3. Oman in the age of British ascendancy and the Arab nahda; 4. The Sultanate as nation; 5. Dhofar; 6. Oil, government and security, 1955-80; 7. Shura, diplomacy and economic liberalization, 1980-2000; 8. Oman in the twenty-first century.

About the author

Jeremy Jones has an Oxford-based consulting business and has worked on Oman since the 1980s. His first book Negotiating Change: The New Politics of the Middle East anticipated the Arab Spring.Nicholas Ridout is the only professor of theatre who also writes and researches extensively on the history and politics of the Middle East. He has worked with Jeremy Jones on research in Oman since 1989, alongside his successful career as an academic in theatre and performance studies.

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Jeremy Jones, Jeremy Ridout Jones, Nicholas Ridout, Ridout Nicholas
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.2015
• EAN: 9781107009400
• ISBN: 978-1-107-00940-0
• No. of pages: 304
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Oman, HISTORY / Middle East / Arabian Peninsula, Middle Eastern history