Transnational Connections and the Arab Gulf
Published on 23. December 2004
Book
Hardback
208 pages
978-0-415-33135-7 (ISBN)
Description
Transnational Connections and the Arab Gulf presents a study of transnational cultural flows in the Gulf region and beyond. It combines an understanding of the region's historical connections with the outside world and an assessment of contemporary consequences of these connections.
The contributors collected here analyze and map historical and contemporary manifestations of transnational networks within this region, linking them to wider debates on society, identity and political culture.
The contributors collected here analyze and map historical and contemporary manifestations of transnational networks within this region, linking them to wider debates on society, identity and political culture.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Postgraduate and Professional
Illustrations
5 s/w Abbildungen, 1 s/w Zeichnung
1 Line drawings, black and white; 5 Illustrations, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
476 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-415-33135-7 (9780415331357)
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Madawi Al-Rasheed
Transnational Connections and the Arab Gulf
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02/2015
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Transnational Connections and the Arab Gulf
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11/2004
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Transnational Connections and the Arab Gulf
E-Book
11/2004
Routledge
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Person
Madawi Al-Rasheed is Senior Lecturer in Social Anthropology at King's College, University of London.
Content
Introduction: Localizing the Transnational and Transnationalizing the Local Part 1: Historical Reflections on Gulf Transnationalism 1. An Anational Society; Eastern Arabia in the Ottoman Period 2. Mapping the Transnational Community: Persians and the space of the city in Bahrain c. 1869-1937 3. Transnational Merchants in the Nineteenth-Century Gulf: The case of the Safar family Part 2: Global and Local Networks 4. Dubai; Global city and transnational hub 5. The Emergence of a Pan-Arab Market in Modern Media Industries 6. Indonesians in Saudi Arabia: Religious and economic connections Part 3: Beyond the Arab Gulf 7. Saudi Religious Transnationalism in London 8. Wahhabism in the United Kingdom: Manifestations and reactions