An Archival Journey through the Qatar Peninsula : Elusive and Precarious / / by Sue-Ann Harding |
Autore | Harding Sue-Ann |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2022.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2022 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (361 pages) |
Disciplina | 953.63 |
Soggetto topico |
Middle East - History
Civilization - History Intellectual life - History History of the Middle East Cultural History Intellectual History |
ISBN |
9783031038457
9783031038440 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Prologue: Murwab -- Introduction -- PART I: MAPS -- 1. Claudius Ptolomaeus, ‘Sexta Asia Tabula’, 1478 -- 2. Carsten Niebuhr, ‘Sinus Persicus’, 1765 -- PART II: LITTORAL -- 3. William Vincent, The Commerce and Navigation of the Ancients in the Indian Ocean, 1807 -- 4. G.B. Brucks, Memoir Descriptive of the Navigation of the Gulf of Persia, c.1830 -- 5. R. Hughes Thomas, Selections from the Records of the Bombay Government, 1856 -- 6. W.G. Palgrave, Narrative of a Year’s Journey through Central and Eastern Arabia, 1865 -- PART III: DESERT, SEA -- 7. Hermann Burchardt, ‘Ost-Arabien von Basra bis Maskat auf Grund eigener Reise’, 1906 -- 8. J.G. Lorimer, Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf, Oman and Central Arabia, 1915 -- 9. The Arabian Mission: Quarterly Letters From the Field, 1899-1906 -- 10. Handbook of Arabia, 1917 -- 11. Bertram Thomas, Arabia Felix: Across the Empty Quarter of Arabia, 1932 -- PART IV: SKY -- 12. Coll 5/11 ‘Air Route to India: Arab Coast Route – Emergency Landing Ground at Qatar’: Royal Air Force Reconnaissance of Qatar, 9 May 1934 -- PART V: METROPOLIS -- 13. Jette Bang and Klaus Ferdinand, Bedouins of Qatar, 1959 -- 14. Nobody Gets Hurt Today -- Epilogue: Sheikh Faisal Bin Qasim Al Thani Museum. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910592978903321 |
Harding Sue-Ann | ||
Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2022 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Country review Qatar |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Houston, TX, : Commercial Data International |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource |
Disciplina | 953.63 |
Soggetto topico |
Economic forecasting - Qatar
Ecology Economic forecasting Economic history Politics and government Social conditions |
Soggetto genere / forma | Periodicals. |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Periodico |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Altri titoli varianti | Qatar |
Record Nr. | UNISA-996297342803316 |
Houston, TX, : Commercial Data International | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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Country review Qatar |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Houston, TX, : Commercial Data International |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource |
Disciplina | 953.63 |
Soggetto topico |
Economic forecasting - Qatar
Ecology Economic forecasting Economic history Politics and government Social conditions |
Soggetto genere / forma | Periodicals. |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Periodico |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Altri titoli varianti | Qatar |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910402047603321 |
Houston, TX, : Commercial Data International | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Qatar : politics and the challenges of development / / Matthew Gray |
Autore | Gray Matthew <1970-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Boulder, Colorado ; ; London, [England] : , : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (288 p.) |
Disciplina | 953.63 |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 1-62637-078-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
""Book Title""; ""Contents""; ""List of Tables and Figures""; ""Figure 2.1 Abridged Genealogy of Qatar�s Rulers Since 1868""; ""Table 2.1 Qatari Oil Production and Export, 1949�1971""; ""Table 2.2 Qatari GDP, Oil Revenue, and State Spending, 1970�1982""; ""Table 2.3 Expansion of Onshore Gas Production and Utilization in Qatar, 1971�1981""; ""Table 2.4 Expansion of Electricity and Water Production in Qatar,1971�1980""; ""Table 2.5 Expansion of Education in Qatar, 1960�1981""; ""Table 2.6 Expansion of Trade, Industry, and Service Firms in Qatar, 1971�1980""
""Table 3.1 State Capitalism at Work: State Ownership in Key Qatar Exchange Index�Listed Firms, 2011""""Table 4.1 Qatar�s Oil Reserves and Production, 1972�2011""; ""Table 4.2 Qatar�s Gas Production, 1972�2011""; ""Table 4.3 Qatari Rentierism: The Oil and Gas Sectors as a Share of GDP, 2000�2011""; ""Table 4.4 Qatari Government Finances as Evidence for Rentier-State Characterization, 2004�2011""; ""Table 4.5 Qatari Oil Field Production, mid-2012""; ""Table 4.6 Qatari Liquefied Natural Gas Export Contracts, 2005�2015"" ""Table 4.7 Qatargas and RasGas Production and Contracts, 2005�2014""""Table 5.1 Qatari Employment by Sector, 1997�2009""; ""Table 5.2 Higher Education Dynamics in Qatar, 1995�2000""; ""Table 5.3 Higher Education Dynamics in Qatar, 2008�2011""; ""Table 5.4 The Qatari Banking Sector: Comparative Financial Standing and Statistics, 2011""; ""Table 5.5 The Qatari Finance Sector: Performance Indicators, 2006�2011""; ""Table 6.1 Hotel and Tourism Expansion in Qatar, 2000�2011""; ""Table 7.1 GCC Military Capabilities Compared, 2010"" ""Table 7.2 Qatar�s Trade with China and India, 2001�2010""""Table 8.1 Qatar�s GDP, Real GDP Growth Rate, and Inflation Rate, 1999�2011""; ""Table 8.2 Qatar�s External Debt: Composition and Value, 2005�2012""; ""A Note on Transliteration and Terminology""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""1-The Transformation of Qatar""; ""Why a Book on Contemporary Qatar?""; ""Explaining Qatar�s Political Economy""; ""About This Book""; ""2-The Historical Context""; ""The Rise of the Al Thani Family""; ""The Political Economy After Oil""; ""Qatar Under Khalifa, 1972�1995"" ""Hamad, the 1995 Coup, and the New Qatar""""3-The Political Order""; ""An “Energy-Driven� Economy: The State as Chauffeur""; ""The Royal Family""; ""State Mechanisms and State-Owned Firms""; ""The Business Families, Tribes, and Social Linkages""; ""International Business Actors""; ""4-Oil, Gas, and Rents""; ""Qatar�s Energy Resources and Political Economy""; ""The Scope and Future of the Oil Sector""; ""The Centrality of Gas""; ""Petrochemicals and Energy Integration""; ""Rents Reinvested: Qatar�s Sovereign Wealth Fund""; ""The Place of Energy"" ""5-Energy-Driven Economic Diversification"" |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910463740403321 |
Gray Matthew <1970-> | ||
Boulder, Colorado ; ; London, [England] : , : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , 2013 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Qatar : politics and the challenges of development / / Matthew Gray |
Autore | Gray Matthew <1970-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Boulder, Colorado ; ; London, [England] : , : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (288 p.) |
Disciplina | 953.63 |
Soggetto topico | POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Middle Eastern |
ISBN | 1-62637-078-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
""Book Title""; ""Contents""; ""List of Tables and Figures""; ""Figure 2.1 Abridged Genealogy of Qatar�s Rulers Since 1868""; ""Table 2.1 Qatari Oil Production and Export, 1949�1971""; ""Table 2.2 Qatari GDP, Oil Revenue, and State Spending, 1970�1982""; ""Table 2.3 Expansion of Onshore Gas Production and Utilization in Qatar, 1971�1981""; ""Table 2.4 Expansion of Electricity and Water Production in Qatar,1971�1980""; ""Table 2.5 Expansion of Education in Qatar, 1960�1981""; ""Table 2.6 Expansion of Trade, Industry, and Service Firms in Qatar, 1971�1980""
""Table 3.1 State Capitalism at Work: State Ownership in Key Qatar Exchange Index�Listed Firms, 2011""""Table 4.1 Qatar�s Oil Reserves and Production, 1972�2011""; ""Table 4.2 Qatar�s Gas Production, 1972�2011""; ""Table 4.3 Qatari Rentierism: The Oil and Gas Sectors as a Share of GDP, 2000�2011""; ""Table 4.4 Qatari Government Finances as Evidence for Rentier-State Characterization, 2004�2011""; ""Table 4.5 Qatari Oil Field Production, mid-2012""; ""Table 4.6 Qatari Liquefied Natural Gas Export Contracts, 2005�2015"" ""Table 4.7 Qatargas and RasGas Production and Contracts, 2005�2014""""Table 5.1 Qatari Employment by Sector, 1997�2009""; ""Table 5.2 Higher Education Dynamics in Qatar, 1995�2000""; ""Table 5.3 Higher Education Dynamics in Qatar, 2008�2011""; ""Table 5.4 The Qatari Banking Sector: Comparative Financial Standing and Statistics, 2011""; ""Table 5.5 The Qatari Finance Sector: Performance Indicators, 2006�2011""; ""Table 6.1 Hotel and Tourism Expansion in Qatar, 2000�2011""; ""Table 7.1 GCC Military Capabilities Compared, 2010"" ""Table 7.2 Qatar�s Trade with China and India, 2001�2010""""Table 8.1 Qatar�s GDP, Real GDP Growth Rate, and Inflation Rate, 1999�2011""; ""Table 8.2 Qatar�s External Debt: Composition and Value, 2005�2012""; ""A Note on Transliteration and Terminology""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""1-The Transformation of Qatar""; ""Why a Book on Contemporary Qatar?""; ""Explaining Qatar�s Political Economy""; ""About This Book""; ""2-The Historical Context""; ""The Rise of the Al Thani Family""; ""The Political Economy After Oil""; ""Qatar Under Khalifa, 1972�1995"" ""Hamad, the 1995 Coup, and the New Qatar""""3-The Political Order""; ""An “Energy-Driven� Economy: The State as Chauffeur""; ""The Royal Family""; ""State Mechanisms and State-Owned Firms""; ""The Business Families, Tribes, and Social Linkages""; ""International Business Actors""; ""4-Oil, Gas, and Rents""; ""Qatar�s Energy Resources and Political Economy""; ""The Scope and Future of the Oil Sector""; ""The Centrality of Gas""; ""Petrochemicals and Energy Integration""; ""Rents Reinvested: Qatar�s Sovereign Wealth Fund""; ""The Place of Energy"" ""5-Energy-Driven Economic Diversification"" |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910787860003321 |
Gray Matthew <1970-> | ||
Boulder, Colorado ; ; London, [England] : , : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , 2013 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Qatar : politics and the challenges of development / / Matthew Gray |
Autore | Gray Matthew <1970-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Boulder, Colorado ; ; London, [England] : , : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (288 p.) |
Disciplina | 953.63 |
Soggetto topico | POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Middle Eastern |
ISBN | 1-62637-078-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
""Book Title""; ""Contents""; ""List of Tables and Figures""; ""Figure 2.1 Abridged Genealogy of Qatar�s Rulers Since 1868""; ""Table 2.1 Qatari Oil Production and Export, 1949�1971""; ""Table 2.2 Qatari GDP, Oil Revenue, and State Spending, 1970�1982""; ""Table 2.3 Expansion of Onshore Gas Production and Utilization in Qatar, 1971�1981""; ""Table 2.4 Expansion of Electricity and Water Production in Qatar,1971�1980""; ""Table 2.5 Expansion of Education in Qatar, 1960�1981""; ""Table 2.6 Expansion of Trade, Industry, and Service Firms in Qatar, 1971�1980""
""Table 3.1 State Capitalism at Work: State Ownership in Key Qatar Exchange Index�Listed Firms, 2011""""Table 4.1 Qatar�s Oil Reserves and Production, 1972�2011""; ""Table 4.2 Qatar�s Gas Production, 1972�2011""; ""Table 4.3 Qatari Rentierism: The Oil and Gas Sectors as a Share of GDP, 2000�2011""; ""Table 4.4 Qatari Government Finances as Evidence for Rentier-State Characterization, 2004�2011""; ""Table 4.5 Qatari Oil Field Production, mid-2012""; ""Table 4.6 Qatari Liquefied Natural Gas Export Contracts, 2005�2015"" ""Table 4.7 Qatargas and RasGas Production and Contracts, 2005�2014""""Table 5.1 Qatari Employment by Sector, 1997�2009""; ""Table 5.2 Higher Education Dynamics in Qatar, 1995�2000""; ""Table 5.3 Higher Education Dynamics in Qatar, 2008�2011""; ""Table 5.4 The Qatari Banking Sector: Comparative Financial Standing and Statistics, 2011""; ""Table 5.5 The Qatari Finance Sector: Performance Indicators, 2006�2011""; ""Table 6.1 Hotel and Tourism Expansion in Qatar, 2000�2011""; ""Table 7.1 GCC Military Capabilities Compared, 2010"" ""Table 7.2 Qatar�s Trade with China and India, 2001�2010""""Table 8.1 Qatar�s GDP, Real GDP Growth Rate, and Inflation Rate, 1999�2011""; ""Table 8.2 Qatar�s External Debt: Composition and Value, 2005�2012""; ""A Note on Transliteration and Terminology""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""1-The Transformation of Qatar""; ""Why a Book on Contemporary Qatar?""; ""Explaining Qatar�s Political Economy""; ""About This Book""; ""2-The Historical Context""; ""The Rise of the Al Thani Family""; ""The Political Economy After Oil""; ""Qatar Under Khalifa, 1972�1995"" ""Hamad, the 1995 Coup, and the New Qatar""""3-The Political Order""; ""An “Energy-Driven� Economy: The State as Chauffeur""; ""The Royal Family""; ""State Mechanisms and State-Owned Firms""; ""The Business Families, Tribes, and Social Linkages""; ""International Business Actors""; ""4-Oil, Gas, and Rents""; ""Qatar�s Energy Resources and Political Economy""; ""The Scope and Future of the Oil Sector""; ""The Centrality of Gas""; ""Petrochemicals and Energy Integration""; ""Rents Reinvested: Qatar�s Sovereign Wealth Fund""; ""The Place of Energy"" ""5-Energy-Driven Economic Diversification"" |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910824393903321 |
Gray Matthew <1970-> | ||
Boulder, Colorado ; ; London, [England] : , : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , 2013 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Qatar : Small State, Big Politics / / Mehran Kamrava |
Autore | Kamrava Mehran |
Edizione | [With a New Preface] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Ithaca, NY : , : Cornell University Press, , [2015] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (240 p.) |
Disciplina | 953.63 |
Soggetto topico |
Politics and government
Diplomatic relations |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
0-8014-5430-1
0-8014-5431-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Preface to the Paperback Edition -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Setting the Stage -- 2. The Subtle Powers of a Small State -- 3. Foreign Policy and Power Projection -- 4. The Stability of Royal Autocracy -- 5. State Capacity and High Modernism -- 6. Qatar's Moment in History -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910460889603321 |
Kamrava Mehran | ||
Ithaca, NY : , : Cornell University Press, , [2015] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Qatar : Small State, Big Politics / / Mehran Kamrava |
Autore | Kamrava Mehran |
Edizione | [With a New Preface] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Ithaca, NY : , : Cornell University Press, , [2015] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (240 p.) |
Disciplina | 953.63 |
Soggetto topico |
Politics and government
Diplomatic relations |
ISBN |
0-8014-5430-1
0-8014-5431-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Preface to the Paperback Edition -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Setting the Stage -- 2. The Subtle Powers of a Small State -- 3. Foreign Policy and Power Projection -- 4. The Stability of Royal Autocracy -- 5. State Capacity and High Modernism -- 6. Qatar's Moment in History -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910797321603321 |
Kamrava Mehran | ||
Ithaca, NY : , : Cornell University Press, , [2015] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Qatar : Small State, Big Politics / / Mehran Kamrava |
Autore | Kamrava Mehran |
Edizione | [With a New Preface] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Ithaca, NY : , : Cornell University Press, , [2015] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (240 p.) |
Disciplina | 953.63 |
Soggetto topico |
Politics and government
Diplomatic relations |
ISBN |
0-8014-5430-1
0-8014-5431-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Preface to the Paperback Edition -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Setting the Stage -- 2. The Subtle Powers of a Small State -- 3. Foreign Policy and Power Projection -- 4. The Stability of Royal Autocracy -- 5. State Capacity and High Modernism -- 6. Qatar's Moment in History -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910828951303321 |
Kamrava Mehran | ||
Ithaca, NY : , : Cornell University Press, , [2015] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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