04134nam 2200757 a 450 991046505120332120200520144314.01-283-39876-197866133987653-11-022340-610.1515/9783110223408(CKB)3520000000000045(EBL)765859(OCoLC)748242187(SSID)ssj0000559866(PQKBManifestationID)11955546(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000559866(PQKBWorkID)10570117(PQKB)11734587(OCoLC)763160662(MiAaPQ)EBC765859(WaSeSS)Ind00014791(DE-B1597)37824(OCoLC)852508329(DE-B1597)9783110223408(PPN)250546159(Au-PeEL)EBL765859(CaPaEBR)ebr10502351(CaONFJC)MIL339876(EXLCZ)99352000000000004520120724d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrHonour is in contentment[electronic resource] life before oil in Ras al-Khaimah (UAE) and some neighbouring regions /William Lancaster and Fidelity LancasterBerlin ;Boston De Gruyterc20111 online resource (624 p.)Studien zur Geschichte und Kultur des islamischen Orients. Beihefte zur Zeitschrift "der Islam",1862-1295 ;Neue Folge, Bd. 25Description based upon print version of record.3-11-022339-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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. Studien zur Geschichte und Kultur des islamischen OrientsHuman geographyUnited Arab EmiratesRaʼs al-Khaymah (Emirate)EthnologyUnited Arab EmiratesRaʼs al-Khaymah (Emirate)Petroleum industry and tradeUnited Arab EmiratesRaʼs al-Khaymah (Emirate)Raʼs al-Khaymah (United Arab Emirates : Emirate)Social life and customsRaʼs al-Khaymah (United Arab Emirates : Emirate)Social conditions20th centuryRaʼs al-Khaymah (United Arab Emirates : Emirate)History20th centuryElectronic books.Human geographyEthnologyPetroleum industry and trade953.57Lancaster William1938-1027684Lancaster Fidelity1027685MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910465051203321Honour is in contentment2443282UNINA