The Emergence of Qatar
Author: Habibur Rahman
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 334
ISBN-13: 071031213X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFirst Published in 2006. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
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The Creation of Qatar
Author: Rosemarie Said Zahlan
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2016-02-05
Total Pages: 153
ISBN-13: 1317292413
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book, first published in 1979, was the first political and social history of Qatar. Its main thrust is to provide the reader with a description and identification of the processes and forces that have contributed to change and continuity in Qatari society. A concise and relevant history of the country from the latter part of the eighteenth century when the Utub settled Zubarah to the present day is provided. Emphasis is placed not only on Qatar’s internal development, but also on its critical relationship with Bahrain and Saudi Arabia, its closest neighbours, and with Britain. The study then proceeds to determine the inner logic of the Qatari political and social structure, and how it has evolved over the years. It is shown how the same society that exhibited great fortitude in the face of economic and political hardship could have an equally great capacity to adapt to new levels of prosperity.
The Emergence of Qatar
Author: H. Rahman
Publisher:
Published: 2012-11-12
Total Pages: 330
ISBN-13: 9780203820926
DOWNLOAD EBOOKRahman examines the wars, conflicts, intrigues, conspiracies, and strategic contests that were factors behind the comparatively late emergence of Qatar as an independent political entity. This is a significant contribution to the historical record and an important new resource for scholars and historians interested in the history of Qatar and the Gulf in general.
Qatar
Author: Allen James Fromherz
Publisher: Georgetown University Press
Published: 2017-06-01
Total Pages: 225
ISBN-13: 1626162034
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn this groundbreaking history of modern Qatar, Allen J. Fromherz analyzes Qatar's crucial role in the Middle East and its growing regional influence within a broader historical context.
Masters of the Pearl
Author: Michael Quentin Morton
Publisher: Reaktion Books
Published: 2020-09-25
Total Pages: 265
ISBN-13: 178914311X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKQatar is a country of spectacular contrasts: from pearl fishing, its main industry until the 1930s, to gas and oil, which generate immense wealth today; to famously being at the center of both triumph and controversy in recent years for hosting the 2022 FIFA World Cup. Almost a lifetime since he grew up in Qatar, Michael Quentin Morton writes about the country's colorful past and its astonishing present. The book is filled with stories about the people of this land: the tribes and the travelers, the seafarers and slaves--as much a part of Qatar's history as its rulers and their wealth. The opaque Arabian world guards its secrets well, but Masters of the Pearl penetrates the veil to shed light on a country that until now has defied explanation.
The Emergence Of Qatar
Author: Habibur Rahman
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2006-01-31
Total Pages: 334
ISBN-13: 1136753699
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFirst published in 2006. The history of Qatar from the Portuguese bombardment of 1627 to the conclusion of the Treaty of 1916 is a hitherto untold story of destructions, wars, battles, conflicts, intrigues, conspiracy and strategic contests originating in the ashes of the north-west coast of the peninsula and brought to a conclusion at al-Bida (later Doha). The present work examines the years of frustration and upheaval that led to the emergence of Qatar
Qatar
Author: Mehran Kamrava
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: 2015-06-15
Total Pages: 295
ISBN-13: 0801454301
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Persian Gulf state of Qatar has fewer than 2 million inhabitants, virtually no potable water, and has been an independent nation only since 1971. Yet its enormous oil and gas wealth has permitted the ruling al Thani family to exert a disproportionately large influence on regional and even international politics. Qatar is, as Mehran Kamrava explains in this knowledgeable and incisive account of the emirate, a "tiny giant": although severely lacking in most measures of state power, it is highly influential in diplomatic, cultural, and economic spheres. Kamrava presents Qatar as an experimental country, building a new society while exerting what he calls "subtle power." It is both the headquarters of the global media network Al Jazeera and the site of the U.S. Central Command's Forward Headquarters and the Combined Air Operations Center. Qatar has been a major player during the European financial crisis, it has become a showplace for renowned architects, several U.S. universities have established campuses there, and it will host the FIFA World Cup in 2022. Qatar's effective use of its subtle power, Kamrava argues, challenges how we understand the role of small states in the global system. Given the Gulf state's outsized influence on regional and international affairs, this book is a critical and timely account of contemporary Qatari politics and society.
The Creation of Qatar
Author: Rosemarie Said Zahlan
Publisher:
Published: 1979
Total Pages: 160
ISBN-13: 9780415039369
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Making of the Modern Gulf States
Author: Rosemarie Said Zahlan
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2016-02-05
Total Pages: 186
ISBN-13: 1317291905
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Gulf States are the focus of great international interest – yet their fabulous evolution from pearl-fishing to oil-drilling, their individuality and variety, are screened by a thick cloud of petro-dollars. This book, first published in 1989, tells the story of their formation, their evolution from colonial dependency to statehood, and their transformation by oil. The result is an informed and balanced picture of the political, economic, religious and cultural character of the area. It is also a story of the powerful families and their sheikhs that have had to hurry these states into the modern world; of the interchanging role of political and economic dependence, the influence of the oil industry, the influx of workers from abroad, and the varying forces acting on the Gulf States.
Changing Qatar
Author: Geoff Harkness
Publisher: NYU Press
Published: 2020-07-28
Total Pages: 212
ISBN-13: 1479894656
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA cultural study of modern Qatar and how it navigates change and tradition Qatar, an ambitious country in the Arabian Gulf, grabbed headlines as the first Middle Eastern nation selected to host the FIFA World Cup. As the wealthiest country in the world—and one of the fastest-growing—it is known for its capital, Doha, which boasts a striking, futuristic skyline. In Changing Qatar, Geoff Harkness takes us beyond the headlines, providing a fresh perspective on modern-day life in the increasingly visible Gulf. Drawing on three years of immersive fieldwork and more than a hundred interviews, he describes a country in transition, one struggling to negotiate the fluid boundaries of culture, tradition, and modernity. Harkness shows how Qataris reaffirm—and challenge—traditions in many areas of everyday life, from dating and marriage, to clothing and humor, to gender and sports. A cultural study of citizenship in modern Qatar, this book offers an illuminating portrait that cannot be found elsewhere.
