Qatar : a modern history / Allen J. Fromherz.
2012
DS247.Q35 F76 2012 (Mapit)
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Title
Qatar : a modern history / Allen J. Fromherz.
Author
Fromherz, Allen James.
ISBN
9781589019102 (alk. paper)
1589019105 (alk. paper)
9781848851672
1848851677
1589019105 (alk. paper)
9781848851672
1848851677
Publication Details
London ; New York : I.B. Tauris, 2012.
Language
English
Description
viii, 204 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Call Number
DS247.Q35 F76 2012
Dewey Decimal Classification
953.63
Summary
What role does Qatar play in the Middle East and how does it differ from the other Gulf states? How has the Al-Thani tribe shaped the history of modern Qatar? And how is a traditional tribal society adapting to its status as a burgeoning economic superpower? Qatar plays a crucial part in the Middle East today. With the second greatest natural gas resources in the region, Qatar's economic clout is considerable. At the same time the Qatar story is replete with paradoxes: the state hosts the Al-Jazeera media network, an influential expression of Arab nationalism and anti-Americanism, while also hosting the principal US naval base in the region. Its leaders, like Saudi Arabia's, adhere to the Wahhabi form of Sunni Islam, yet Qatar eyes its Saudi neighbours with suspicion. It is a fervent champion of the Palestinian cause, yet welcomes the Israeli Foreign Minister to present the Jewish state's case in its capital, Doha. With this groundbreaking modern history, Allen Fromherz presents a full portrait which analyses these paradoxes and Qatar's growing regional influence within a broader historical context. Drawing on original sources in Arabic, English and French, as well as his own fieldwork in the Middle East, Fromherz offers a multi-faceted picture of the political, cultural, religious, social and economic make-up of modern Qatar, its significance within the GCC states and the wider region. - Publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Table of Contents
Qatar : a new model of modernity?
Qatar : geography of a near frontier
The origins of Qatar : between 'emergence' and 'creation'
Creating social realities : Qatar and the British in the twentieth century
Sheikh Khalifa and the enigma of independence
Sheikh Hamad and the future of Qatar
Qatar's political economy : a classic rentier state?
The emir and the exercise of authority in Qatar.
Qatar : geography of a near frontier
The origins of Qatar : between 'emergence' and 'creation'
Creating social realities : Qatar and the British in the twentieth century
Sheikh Khalifa and the enigma of independence
Sheikh Hamad and the future of Qatar
Qatar's political economy : a classic rentier state?
The emir and the exercise of authority in Qatar.