Kuwait: the Transformation of an Oil State (Routledge Library Editions: Society of the Middle East, 11, Band 11) - Hardcover

Crystal, Jill

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ISBN 10: 1138194549 ISBN 13: 9781138194540

Verlag: Routledge, 2016

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Kuwait, unlike most of its neighbours, has a well-established national identity and a long history as a nation, dating back to the eighteenth century. In this book, first published in 1992, Dr. Jill Crystal focuses on two recurring themes in Kuwaiti history: one, the preservation of a sense of community in the face of radical economic, social and political transformations; the second, internal rivalry over the conventions governing relations among members of the community. Crystal skilfully weaves these themes into a broad profile of Kuwait, analysing the nation's transformation from a pre-oil to an oil economy; its social structure and composition, including the country's tribal roots and key divisions involving class, gender and immigrant labour; political tensions resulting from the nation's sudden wealth and the accompanying changes in social structure; and its relations with other countries in the Gulf and the Middle East.

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• Verlag: Routledge
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2016
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1138194549
• ISBN 13: 9781138194540
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 210
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