Sultan Qaboos and Modern Oman, 1970–2020 /

Sultan Qaboos and Modern Oman, 1970–2020 / / ed. by Allen James Fromherz.

Explores the social, cultural, legal and religious changes that occurred in Oman during the reign of Sultan QaboosExamines the role of Sultan Qaboos and the transformations in Oman during his 50-year reignDelves into new research on an understudied part of the world and the Middle EastHighlights wid...

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MitwirkendeR:
Allen, Calvin H.,
Cole, Juan,
Curtis, Maria F.,
Foley, Sean,
Fromherz, Allen James,
Guirado Alonso, Javier,
Hoffman, Valerie J.,
Kenoyer, Jonathan Mark,
Kinnier, Jeffrey R.,
Lewis, Krista,
Limbert, Mandana E.,
Michalak-Pikulska, Barbara,
Owtram, Francis,
Penziner Hightower, Victoria,
Peterson, J. E.,
Pritt, Jody,
Rabi, Uzi,
Worrall, James,
al-Kharusi, Salim,
al-Salimi, Abdulrahman,
HerausgeberIn:
Fromherz, Allen James,
Place / Publishing House:Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]
©2022
Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (480 p.) :; 10 B/W illustrations 6 colour illustrations
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • List of Figures and Tables
  • List of Contributors
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: Sultan Qaboos, Omani Society, and the “Blessed Renaissance”, 1979–2020
  • 1 The Legacy of Sultan Qaboos: A Historiographical Note
  • 2 Prehistoric Interactions between Oman and the Indus Civilization: Projecting the Past in the Present
  • 3 The Land of Frankincense: Dhofari Sites as National and World Heritage
  • 4 The Multiple Legacies of Sultan Qaboos: Heritage and Omani Nation–building
  • 5 Stamps as Messengers of the Renaissance: The Postal Issues of Oman during the Reign of Sultan Qaboos
  • 6 From the First Renaissance to the Second: The Historical and Legal Basis for the Sultanate
  • 7 The Interpretation of Islam under Sultan Qaboos
  • 8 In the Middle of a Reign
  • 9 Constitutional Reforms during the Reign of Sultan Qaboos
  • 10 Nation and State in Oman: The Initial Impact of 1970
  • 11 Literature in Oman during the Reign of Sultan Qaboos
  • 12 Public Health and the Omani Renaissance
  • 13 Beyond the Horizon and Back: The Sultan Qaboos Scholarship
  • 14 Muscat and Sultan Qaboos: The Omanization of Muscat and the Muscatization of Oman
  • 15 Duqm and Salalah: Oman’s Ports and Special Economic Zones
  • 16 Greening Oman: Islamic Environmentalism, Sustainable Development, and Post-oil Futures
  • 17 Omani Peacemaking and Middle East Crises in the 2010s: Sultan Qaboos’ Last Decade
  • 18 “Friend to All, Enemy to None”: Oman’s Quiet Diplomacy since 1970
  • Index

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