| Description |
576 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 538-557) and index. |
| Contents |
Part I: Arabia on the eve of the emergence of Wahhabism: economy, society, politics -- Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab and his teaching -- The rise of the first Saudi state (1745-1811) -- The social and political system of the Emirate of al-Diriya -- The Wahhabis routed by the Egyptians (18199-1818) -- From the fall of al-Diriya to the Egyptian evacuation of Arabia (1818-1840) -- The second Saudi state (1843-1865) -- The disintegration of the Emirate of Riyadh and the rise of Jabal Shammar -- The renaissance of the Emirate of Riyadh in the early twentieth century (1902-1914) -- Najd and Hijaz during the first World War (1914-1918) -- Part 2: The consolidation of the Arabian territories around Najd (1918-1926) -- Increased centralization and the Ikhwan movement (1926-1934) -- The socio-political structure of Saudi Arabia after its creation -- The oil concessions -- Saudi Arabia and the second World War (1939-1945) -- Domestic and foreign policy (1945-1958) -- The struggle for power and its outcome (1958-1973) -- Domestic and foreign policy (the 1970s and the early 1980s) -- The socio-economic structure of Saudi Arabia in the oil era ( the 1950s to the early 1980s) -- The political regime (the 1950s to the 1980s) -- Economy, society, politics (the 1980s and the 1990s). |
| Subject |
Saudi Arabia -- History.
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| ISBN |
0814788092 paperback alkaline paper |
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