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  Title

  The history of Saudi Arabia

  Author

  Vasil'ev, A. M. (Aleksei Mikhailovich) . )  

  Publisher:

  New York University Press,

  Pub date:

  2000.

  Pages:

  576 p. :

  1 copy available in Standard shelving location.
  1 copy total in all locations.

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    Call number	Copy	Material	Location
    DS242 .H29 2000	1	Book	Standard shelving location

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  The history of Saudi Arabia
  Vasil'ev, A. M. (Aleksei Mikhailovich) . )
  
  
  

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  Personal Author:

  Vasil'ev, A. M. (Aleksei Mikhailovich) . )

  Title:

  The history of Saudi Arabia / Alexei Vassiliev.

  Publication info:

  New York : New York University Press, 2000.

  Physical description:

  576 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

  Contents:

  Simplified Genealogy of the House of Saud -- 1. Arabia on the Eve of the Emergence of Wahhabism: Economy, Society, Politics -- 2. Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab and his Teaching -- 3. Rise of the First Saudi State (1745-1811) -- 4. Social and Political System of the Emirate of al-Diriya -- 5. Wahhabis Routed by the Egyptians (1811-1818) -- 6. From the Fall of al-Diriya to the Egyptian Evacuation of Arabia (1818-1840) -- 7. Second Saudi State (1843-1865) -- 8. Disintegration of the Emirate of Riyadh and the Rise of Jabal Shammar -- 9. Renaissance of the Emirate of Riyadh in the Early Twentieth Century (1902-1914) -- 10. Najd and Hijaz during the First World War (1914-1918) -- 11. Consolidation of the Arabian Territories around Najd (1918-1926) -- 12. Increased Centralization and the Ikhwan Movement (1926-1934) -- 13. Socio-political Structure of Saudi Arabia after its Creation -- 14. Oil Concessions -- 15. Saudi Arabia and the Second World War (1939-1945) -- 16. Domestic and Foreign Policy (1945-1958) -- 17. Struggle for Power and its Outcome (1958-1973) -- 18. Domestic and Foreign Policy (the 1970s and the early 1980s) -- 19. Socio-economic Structure of Saudi Arabia in the Oil Era (the 1950s to the early 1980s) -- 20. Political Regime (the 1950s to the early 1980s) -- 21. Economy, Society, Politics (the 1980s and the 1990s).

  Review:

  "Among the numerous publications on the history of the Arabian peninsula, The History of Saudi Arabia is unique in its comprehensive coverage of the evolution of the socio-political structure of Saudi society during the two hundred and fifty years of its existence."--BOOK JACKET.

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  Saudi Arabia--History. --.