1st Edition

The Gulf States and Oman

By Christine Osborne Copyright 1977
210 Pages
by Routledge

236 Pages
by Routledge

210 Pages
by Routledge

The discovery of oil brought enormous change to the Gulf. It transformed the simple fishing and grazing economies of the Gulf states into some of the wealthiest countries in the world. This book, first published in 1977, examines the impact of oil and oil wealth on the Gulf states. It describes the clash between traditional culture and Westernisation and explodes some of the Western myths about... Read more

1. Bahrain  2. Kuwait  3. Qatar  4. The United Arab Emirates  5. The Sultanate of Oman  6. The Vanishing Bedouin  7. The Emerging Women of the Gulf

Biography

Christine Osborne