Honour is in contentment : life before oil in Ras Al-Khaimah (UAE) and some neighbouring regions. (=Studien zur Geschichte und Kultur des islamischen Orients ; N.F., Bd. 25).

Lancaster, William and Fidelity Lancaster:

ISBN 10: 3110223392 ISBN 13: 9783110223392
Editorial: Berlin ; New York, NY : De Gruyter, 2011
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XIV, 607 p. ; 24 cm Very good. Minimal wear. Sehr guter Zustand. Minimale Lager- bzw. Gebrauchsspuren. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1130. N° de ref. del artículo 883624

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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.
Their lively descriptions and explanations of life before oil portrayed tribal societies whose relationships were moral rather than political and were between jurally equal persons. All lived from their own resources; 'wealth' was material self-sufficiency; 'riches' the richness of social relationships. Political arenas were decentralised and underpinned by common cultural and moral values.
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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William O. Lancaster and Fidelity C. Lancaster, Aberdeen University, Scotland, UK.

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Título: Honour is in contentment : life before oil ...
Editorial: Berlin ; New York, NY : De Gruyter
Año de publicación: 2011
Encuadernación: Softcover/Paperback.
Condición: Sehr gut

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