Kuwait and the Sea: A Brief Social and Economic History - Hardcover

Kuwait and the Sea: A Brief Social and Economic History.

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Buchbeschreibung Hardcover with dust jacket. Zustand: Sehr gut. XXIII, 200 p.: Ill., Maps. Ein sehr gutes und sauberes Exemplar, lediglich der Schutzumschlag ist minimal berieben / A very good and clean copy, only the dust jacket is minimally rubbed. - Kuwait has been inhabited for millennia, but began to emerge as an Arab shaikhdom relatively late, after the arrival of the Utub clans of central Arabia during the first decades of the 18th century. Entering the historical record first as a junction of caravan and sea routes, it quickly grew to be a commercial rival to Basra at the head of the Gulf. As its prosperity increased, it had to negotiate a precarious autonomy amongst its larger neighbours the Ottomans in Iraq, the Saudis and Rashidis in central Arabia, and the British who, from 1820, set about establishing an effective maritime peace in the Gulf. By the end of the 19th century, despite their complete lack of natural resources of any kind, even fresh water, Kuwait s people had managed to exploit their geopolitical position to turn their town into the busiest dhow port on the Gulf. Its greatest ruler, Mubarak Al-Sabah (r. 1896 1915), deftly manipulated Turkey and the European powers to achieve both British protection and, by 1914, sovereignty for his tiny state. The sea was the vital factor in Kuwait s rise to prominence in the Gulf region and beyond. Its society was formed by the dhow trade in dates and by its dhow-building and pearling industries, which attracted both Arabs and Persians to the town. Focusing mainly on the first decades of the 20th century, Dr Yacoub Al-Hijji paints a vivid portrait of the merchants, captains, navigators, dhow builders, sailors, pearl divers and fishermen of this remarkable shaikhdom. In explaining their techniques, and analysing how they organized themselves according to the customary law and traditions of a tribal, pre-bureaucratic era, he conveys a compelling picture of the bustle and hardships of a way of life which, during the 1940s and 1950s, was to be completely erased by new-found prosperity from oil. / Contents List of Illustrations Translator s Preface Introduction Maps 1 Kuwait s Emergence as a Maritime Nation 2 Sina at al-Sufun: Dhow Construction 3 Al-Ghaws: the Pearl-diving Season 4 Al-Safar:The Long-distance Trade 5 The Economics of the Long-distance Dhow Trade 6 Al- Qita ah: Short-distance Trade 7 Al-Naql: Lighterage and Rock-carrying 8 Naql al-Ma : Water Transport 9 Sayd al-Samak: Fishing 10 Al-Nahmah: Songs of the Sea 11 Al-Musabalah: The Desert Trade 12 Oil and its Impact on Kuwait s Maritime Economy Appendices: A. The Pearling Law of May 1940 B. Addendum to the Pearling Law of 1940 C.The Long-distance Trade Law of 1940 D Common Weights, Measures and Exchange Rates. ISBN 9780955889448 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 616. Artikel-Nr. 1218226

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