The Sultanate of Oman: A Twentieth Century History

by Miriam Joyce

Overview

This study is based on extensive research in British sources and includes material from archives in the United States. The last chapter, which covers the period from 1970, is based on Omani newspapers and interviews with Omani officials conducted in 1994. Throughout the 20th century, Omani rulers were confronted with rebellious tribes and threatened by movements originating outside the sultanate, including Wahhabism, Arab nationalism, and communism. The discovery of oil in the 1960s did not free the Omani people from poverty or seclusion. The Sultan's subjects were only liberated in 1970, when a coup d'etat led by Sayyid Qaboos bin Said, enabled Oman to build a modern infrastructure, join the Arab World and the international community.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780275952228
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	08/15/1995
Series:	Contributions to the Study of Mass
Pages:	152
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.38(d)

About the Author

MIRIAM JOYCE is an Assistant Professor of History at Purdue University, Calumet. She is the author of numerous articles on the Middle East.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction
Before the Great War
Between the Great Wars
Enemies: Old and New
Relinquishing Gwadur
Oil
Sultan Qaboos
Notes
Bibliographic Essay
Index

Editorial Reviews

Details the history of the country, from the beginning of Sultan Faisal's rule in 1888, through struggles among conservative religious forces, Saudi aggression, two world wars, Marxist subversion, the oil boom, and the building of a modern nation-state. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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