The Black Tents of Arabia

The Black Tents of Arabia
Author: Cari S. Raswan
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 347
Release: 2015-12-22
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1317847733

Published originally in 1935, this is an account of twenty two years spent, off and on, among the Bedouins of Arabia, migrating, hunting, raiding, starving, feasting and making wonderful desert friendships. The author writes the book for 'the Lord of his fathers,' the king of Arabia 'Abdel-' Aziz ibn Sa'ud el Wahhab and his governors and chiefs in Neijd, Hasa, Jauf, and Kaf and Amir Nuri Sha'lan, his family and tribe of the Ruala. An intimate account of the tradition and ancestors of the Bedouin.

The Statesman's Year-Book

The Statesman's Year-Book
Author: S. Steinberg
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 1595
Release: 2016-12-27
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0230270816

The classic reference work that provides annually updated information on the countries of the world.

The Origins of the United Arab Emirates

The Origins of the United Arab Emirates
Author: Rosemarie Said Zahlan
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 311
Release: 2016-03-22
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1317244656

The creation of the United Arab Emirates in 1971 ended a century and a half of the existence of the Trucial States in special treaty relations with Britain. This book, first published in 1978, describes the evolution of tribes and their rulers’ authority over time, and the tribes’ treaties with Britain as it sought to exercise imperial control over its trade routes. Analysing changes to society as well as the politics of the region, this book analyses the formation of the United Arab Emirates.

The Statesman's Year-Book

The Statesman's Year-Book
Author: M. Epstein
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 1538
Release: 2016-12-23
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0230270689

The classic reference work that provides annually updated information on the countries of the world.

The Statesman's Year-Book

The Statesman's Year-Book
Author: Mortimer Epstein
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 1492
Release: 2016-12-27
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0230270727

The classic reference work that provides annually updated information on the countries of the world.

The Nomadic Alternative

The Nomadic Alternative
Author: Wolfgang Weissleder
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
Total Pages: 449
Release: 2011-06-15
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 3110810239

The Arab of the Desert (RLE Saudi Arabia)

The Arab of the Desert (RLE Saudi Arabia)
Author: H.R.P. Dickson
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 684
Release: 2015-02-20
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1317539990

H.R.P. Dickson had the good fortune to spend many years among the Badawin, living and travelling with them as one of them in their own tents. In this book, first published in 1949, the author uses his great experience and knowledge to reveal all aspects of the lives of the nomadic desert Arabs, from social systems to marriage and children, from faith to food, sandstorms, warfare and hunting. The Arab of the Desert is truly a wealth of information, informed by personal insight and anecdotes.

Tensile Architecture

Tensile Architecture
Author: Philip Drew
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 432
Release: 2019-07-16
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 1000314340

This book provides an historical perspective for modern tensile architecture in the 20th century. It explores the tents of nomad cultures, geographical distribution of tent types, the effect of the dromedary on the distribution of the black tent, and seasonal specialization of Eskimo dwellings.