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In the time of oil : piety, memory, and social life in an Omani town
- Title
- In the time of oil : piety, memory, and social life in an Omani town / Mandana E. Limbert.
- Author
- Limbert, Mandana E.
- Publication
- Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, c2010.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFE 10-5659 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
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- Description
- xv, 244 p. : ill., 1 map; 23 cm.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- In the dreamtime of oil : wealth and development in an anomalous time -- Now, the police only drive : remembering rule and disorder in Bahla -- In the eye of the neighbor, there is fire : hazards and histories of sociality -- Circles of knowledge : religious learning, pious pasts, and alternative sociality -- Senses of water : nostalgia, private ownership, and bodily privacy -- Becoming Bahlawi : race, genealogy, and the politics of Arabness -- Perhaps he has a son : succession, depletion, and the uncertain future.
- Call Number
- JFE 10-5659
- ISBN
- 9780804756266 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 0804756260 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 9780804756273 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 0804756279 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2010008176
- OCLC
- YBP 2010008176
- Author
- Limbert, Mandana E.
- Title
- In the time of oil : piety, memory, and social life in an Omani town / Mandana E. Limbert.
- Imprint
- Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, c2010.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 10-5659