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In the time of oil : piety, memory, and social life in an Omani t own / Mandana E. Limbert.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, c2010.Description: xv, 244 p. : ill., map ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9780804756266 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0804756260 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 9780804756273 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 0804756279 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 953.53  22
Contents:
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.
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Books - Open Access Books - Open Access MISR Library - Open Shelves 953.53 LIM (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 001350072

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.

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