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_aLancaster, William & Fidelity _9237 |
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_aHonour is in Contentment _b: Life before oil in Ras Al Khaimah (UAE) and some neighbouring regions _c/ William Lancaster; Fidelity Lancaster |
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_aBerlin/NY; _bWalter de Gruyter GmbH & co. KG; _c2011 |
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_a596p; _c23x16cm |
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| 520 | _aBased 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.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 | ||
| 546 | _aEnglish | ||
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_aHN50-995 Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform- By region or countryUAE- Ras Al Khaimah _9238 |
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