In the time of oil : piety, memory, and social life in an Omani t own /
Mandana E. Limbert.
- Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, c2010.
- xv, 244 p. : ill., map ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
In the dreamtime of oil : wealth and development in an anomalous tim e -- Now, the police only drive : remembering rule and disorder in Bahl a -- In the eye of the neighbor, there is fire : hazards and histories of sociality -- Circles of knowledge : religious learning, pious pasts, and alternative sociality -- Senses of water : nostalgia, private owne rship, and bodily privacy -- Becoming Bahlawi : race, genealogy, and th e politics of Arabness -- Perhaps he has a son : succession, depletion, and the uncertain future.
Collective memory-- Oman-- Bahlåa®. Islam-- Oman-- Bahlåa®. Social change-- Oman-- Bahlåa®. Petroleum industry and trade-- Social aspects-- Oman-- Bahlåa®.