Histories of City and State in the Persian Gulf

Histories of City and State in the Persian Gulf
Author: Nelida Fuccaro
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 279
Release: 2009-09-03
Genre: History
ISBN: 0521514355

This book examines the political and social life of the Gulf city and its coastline, as exemplified by Manama in Bahrain. Written as an ethnography of space, politics and community, it addresses the changing relationship between urban development, politics and society before and after the discovery of oil.