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Honour is in contentment : life before oil in Ras al-Khaimah (UAE) and some neighbouring regions / William Lancaster and Fidelity Lancaster.

Title: Honour is in contentment : life before oil in Ras al-Khaimah (UAE) and some neighbouring regions / William Lancaster and Fidelity Lancaster.
Author: Lancaster, William, 1938-
Publication: Berlin ; New York : De Gruyter, c2011.

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Additional Authors

Lancaster, Fidelity

Description

607 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Series Statement

Studien zur Geschichte und Kultur des islamischen Orients. Beihefte zur Zeitschrift "der Islam", 1862-1295 ; Neue Folge, Bd. 25

Uniform Title

Studien zur Geschichte und Kultur des islamischen Orients (2004) n.F., Bd. 25.

Alternative Title

Honor in contentment

Subjects

Genre/Form

History

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

committed to retain

Contents

Social matters : infrastructure, premises & practices -- Sea people, Ahl al-Bahr : livelihoods and profits -- Coastal plains & sands : livelihoods & profits -- Mountain living : Ru'us al-Jibal -- Mountain living : western Hajar -- Distribution of produce & services -- Ruling and rulers -- What happened to turn our world upside-down? -- Back to history.

ISBN

9783110223392 (hardcover : alk. paper)
3110223392 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9783110223408 (e-ISBN)
3110223406 (e-ISBN)

LCCN

^^2010043072

OCLC

671491738
SCSB-12814993

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library