عنوان

The history of Saudi Arabia /

(Number (ISBN

0814788092

(Number (ISBN

9780814788097

Title Proper

The history of Saudi Arabia /

General Material Designation

[Book]

First Statement of Responsibility

Alexei Vassiliev.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

New York :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

New York University Press,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2000.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

576 pages :

Other Physical Details

illustrations, maps ;

Dimensions

24 cm

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 538-557) and index.

Text of Note

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).

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Text of Note

Traces the history of Saudi Arabia from its emergence in 1745 to the 1990s, focusing on the movement to reform Islam, impact of oil on its culture, its place in the world, and the evolution of its socio-political structure.

Geschichte.

Saudi Arabia, History.

Arabie Saoudite, Histoire.

Saudi Arabia.

Saudi-Arabien.

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Number

Edition

Class number

Book number

Class number

System Code

Vasilʹev, A. M., (Alekseĭ Mikhaĭlovich)

Date of Transaction

20200822134435.0

Electronic name

[Book]

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