Cultivating the Past, Living the Modern : : The Politics of Time in the Sultanate of Oman /

Cultivating the Past, Living the Modern : : The Politics of Time in the Sultanate of Oman / / Amal Sachedina.

Cultivating the Past, Living the Modern explores how and why heritage has emerged as a prevalent force in building the modern nation state of Oman. Amal Sachedina analyses the relations with the past that undergird the shift in Oman from an Ibadi shari'a Imamate (1913–1958) to a modern nation s...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Complete eBook-Package 2021
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Sachedina, Amal,
Place / Publishing House:Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2021]
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Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (288 p.) :; 13 b&w halftones, 1 map
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Note on Transliteration
  • Introduction: Heritage Discourse and Its Alterities
  • 1. Reform and Revolt through the Pen and the Sword
  • 2. Nizwa Fort and the Dalla during the Imamate
  • 3. Museum Effects
  • 4. Ethics of History Making
  • 5. Nizwa, City of Memories
  • 6. Nizwa’s Lasting Legacy of Slavery
  • 7. The al-Lawati as a Historical Category
  • Conclusion: Cultivating the Past
  • Glossary
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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