Honour is in contentment : life before oil in Ras al-Khaimah (UAE) and some neighbouring regions / William Lancaster and Fidelity Lancaster.
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TextSeries: Studien zur Geschichte und Kultur des islamischen Orients. Beihefte zur Zeitschrift "der Islam" ; n.F., Bd. 25Publisher: Berlin ; New York : De Gruyter, [2011]Copyright date: copyright 2011Description: xiv, 607 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
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- 9783110223392 (hbk)
- 3110223392 (hbk)
- Life before oil in Ras al-Khaimah (UAE) and some neighbouring regions
- Human geography -- United Arab Emirates -- Raʼs al-Khaymah (Emirate)
- Ethnology -- United Arab Emirates -- Raʼs al-Khaymah (Emirate)
- Raʼs al-Khaymah (United Arab Emirates : Emirate) -- Social life and customs
- Raʼs al-Khaymah (United Arab Emirates : Emirate) -- Social conditions -- 20th century
- Raʼs al-Khaymah (United Arab Emirates : Emirate) -- History -- 20th century
- Petroleum industry and trade -- United Arab Emirates -- Raʼs al-Khaymah (Emirate)
- GF696.U5 L36 2011
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UAE Collection
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UAE Federation Library | مكتبة اتحاد الإمارات UAE Collection | مجموعة كتب الإمارات | GF696.U5 L36 2011 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | C.1 | Not for loan | 30010000398807 | |||
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UAE Federation Library | مكتبة اتحاد الإمارات General Collection | المجموعات العامة | GF696.U5 L36 2011 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | C.2 | Available | 30010000398808 |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [559]-568) and index.
Social matters : infrastructure, premises and practices -- Sea people, Ahl al-Bahr, and how they lived -- Livelihoods and living on the coastal plains or Sayh, and the sands -- Ru'us al-Jibal mountains; livelihoods and living -- The western Hajar mountains; livelihoods and living -- Distribution, trade, investment, credit and debt -- Ruling and rulers -- What happened to turn our world upside-down? -- Back to history.
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