Oman, Culture and Diplomacy / / Jeremy Jones, Nicholas Ridout.
A study of the Sultanate of Oman, painting a portrait of a nation through its diplomacy Drawing on key research into Omani religious and social traditions, and ethnographic studies into Omani language and customs, this is the first book to connect Oman’s international relations to its history, cultu...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022] ©2012 |
| Year of Publication: | 2022 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (304 p.) :; 2 Maps |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Map 1 Oman in the Indian Ocean
- Map 2 Oman in the Gulf
- Introduction
- Part I
- 1 A Cosmopolitan Nation
- 2 A Culture of Diplomacy
- Part II
- Introduction to Part II
- 3 Muscat and Mysore: Between the Empire and the Republic
- 4 Diplomacy and ‘Piracy’: 1797–1819
- 5 An Englishman in Oman
- 6 Moving to Zanzibar
- 7 Zanzibar, Britain, the USA and the Slave Trade
- Part III
- Introduction to Part III
- 8 Dealing with Iran: A Delicate Balance
- 9 Managing During the Cold War
- 10 Neighbours in Arabia
- 11 The Key Strategic Ally: Oman and the United States
- 12 Working Towards Peace: Oman and the Middle East Peace Process
- 13 Oman, Cosmopolitanism and ‘Globalisation’
- Acknowledgements
- Bibliography
- Index