Ghaith abdelhakim (1 Ergebnisse)
Weitere BilderVerlag: Jeddah: Almadina Almonawarra Printing & Publishing Co., 1967, 1967
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Anbieter: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, Vereinigtes KönigreichPeter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB.
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In den WarenkorbFirst edition, first printing, of this early account of the origins and creation of the modern Saudi state, celebrating the rule of the nascent country's third ruler, King Faisal, published amidst the sweeping reform programme undertaken by Faisal, with photos chronicling a course of development that laid the foundations for mod…ern Saudi state. Abdelhakim Ghaith was the first editor of the still-flourishing magazine Saudi Economic Survey, and this work describes the key social and economic reforms under way during the 1960s, detailing the establishment of a modern nation state through the development of mass public education and healthcare, heavy industry, transport infrastructure, and agriculture. Accompanying this is a wealth of photographs contrasting the older, now largely lost, buildings and modes of living, with ordinary people taking part in the modernization programme, and also includes portraits and photographs of Ibn Sa'ud and King Faisal. This work provides a fascinating insight into how the Saudi regime sought to present itself. The ongoing Arab-Israeli conflict and the bloody civil war in Yemen had blunted some of the promise of the Egyptian-led Arab nationalist movement, and the international context of decolonization and conflict across the Arab world brought a need for a sense of optimism and progress. The new-found wealth and development of the 1960s posited Saudi Arabia as one of the leading lights of the postcolonial Middle East. Large octavo. With 16 plates of half-tone photographs. Original photographic wrappers in red, white, and blue. Spine cocked, extremities rubbed, a few indentations to front panel, a very good copy, bright and sharp.
