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Record Nr.

UNINA9910822222203321

Autore

Lancaster William <1938->

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin ; ; Boston, : De Gruyter, c2011

ISBN

1-283-39876-1

9786613398765

3-11-022340-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

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.