Honour is in contentment [[electronic resource] ] : life before oil in Ras al-Khaimah (UAE) and some neighbouring regions / / William Lancaster and Fidelity Lancaster

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910789457103321
• Autore: Lancaster William <1938->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Berlin ; ; Boston, : De Gruyter, c2011
• ISBN: 1-283-39876-1; 9786613398765; 3-11-022340-6
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (624 p.)
• Collana: Studien zur Geschichte und Kultur des islamischen Orients. Beihefte zur Zeitschrift "der Islam", , 1862-1295 ; ; Neue Folge, Bd. 25
• Altri autori (Persone): LancasterFidelity
• Disciplina: 953.57
• Soggetti: Human geography - United Arab Emirates - Raʼs al-Khaymah (Emirate); Ethnology - United Arab Emirates - Raʼs al-Khaymah (Emirate); Petroleum industry and trade - United Arab Emirates - Raʼs al-Khaymah (Emirate); Raʼs al-Khaymah (United Arab Emirates : Emirate) Social life and customs; Raʼs al-Khaymah (United Arab Emirates : Emirate) Social conditions 20th century; Raʼs al-Khaymah (United Arab Emirates : Emirate) History 20th century
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Social matters : infrastructure, premises & practices -- Sea people, Ahl al-Bahr : livelihoods and profits -- Coastal plains & sands : livelihoods & profits -- Mountain living : Ru'us al-Jibal -- Mountain living : western Hajar -- Distribution of produce & services -- Ruling and rulers -- What happened to turn our world upside-down? -- Back to history.
• Sommario/riassunto: Based on interviews and field research, the authors explore the sets of ideas Arab tribespeople from Ras Al-Khaimah had about tribe and community; social and economic networks, and jural contracts for livelihoods and profits; their uses of their environments; the moral relations of credit, debt and labour; ruling; economic and political transformations; and ideas of regional history where conflicts were regarded as disputes over sets of ideas, and informal accounts of tribal ; and local histories.Their lively descriptions and explanations of life before oil portrayed tribal societies whose relationships were moral rather than political and were between jurally equal persons. All lived from their own resources; 'wealth' was material self-sufficiency; 'riches' the richness of social relationships. Political arenas were decentralised and underpinned by common cultural and moral values.Published sources give a wider context to these ideas and events which show the great complexity and differing perspectives of 'life before oil' in the Gulf.