From Trucial States to United Arab Emirates : a society in transition / Frauke Heard-Bey.
Material type: TextPublisher: London : Longman, 1996Edition: New edDescription: xxvi, 540 pages, xii pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 22 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0582277280 (pbk.)
- 9780582277281 (pbk.)
- DS247.U65 H42 1996
Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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UAE Collection | UAE Federation Library | مكتبة اتحاد الإمارات UAE Collection | مجموعة كتب الإمارات | DS247.U65 H42 1996 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | C.1 | Not for loan | 30010000126284 | ||
Book | UAE Federation Library | مكتبة اتحاد الإمارات General Collection | المجموعات العامة | DS247.U65 H42 1996 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | C.2 | Available | 30010000310392 |
Previous edition: 1982.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 503-517) and index.
Geographical conditions; the tribal structure of society; administering a tribal society; the Islamic basis of society; the traditional economics; the social aspects of the traditional; the development of a city state on the coast-example Dubai; the external influences; the formation of the federation; the UAE in the third decade of its existence