Arabia Without Sultans
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: No dust jacket - paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
Arabia Without Sultans is a landmark work of political analysis that presents a sweeping and incisive examination of the Arabian Peninsula and the broader Middle East during the era of oil wealth and Cold War rivalry. Fred Halliday argues that beneath the surface of seemingly stable monarchies and sultanates lies a volatile landscape of class struggle, colonial legacy, and revolutionary potential. With sharp academic rigour, the work chronicles the political economies of countries including Yemen, Oman, and the Persian Gulf states, detailing how oil revenues entrenched autocratic rule while simultaneously generating the social contradictions that threatened to unravel it. Halliday's analysis is unflinching, drawing on Marxist theory to illuminate the structural forces shaping the region's future, and situating local resistance movements within a global framework of imperialism and liberation. Published in the early 1970s, this groundbreaking study remains an essential text for understanding the political history of the Arab world.
Author: Fred Halliday
Format: Paperback
Genre: Politics & law
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: No dust jacket - paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
Arabia Without Sultans is a landmark work of political analysis that presents a sweeping and incisive examination of the Arabian Peninsula and the broader Middle East during the era of oil wealth and Cold War rivalry. Fred Halliday argues that beneath the surface of seemingly stable monarchies and sultanates lies a volatile landscape of class struggle, colonial legacy, and revolutionary potential. With sharp academic rigour, the work chronicles the political economies of countries including Yemen, Oman, and the Persian Gulf states, detailing how oil revenues entrenched autocratic rule while simultaneously generating the social contradictions that threatened to unravel it. Halliday's analysis is unflinching, drawing on Marxist theory to illuminate the structural forces shaping the region's future, and situating local resistance movements within a global framework of imperialism and liberation. Published in the early 1970s, this groundbreaking study remains an essential text for understanding the political history of the Arab world.