Histories of city and state in the Persian Gulf : Manama since 1800 /
Fuccaro, Nelida.
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press,
2009.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 232-247) and indexes.
Introduction -- Indigenous state traditions and the dialectics of urbanisation in Bahrain, 1602-1923 -- The making of Gulf port towns before oil -- Ordering space, politics and community in Manama, 1880s-1919 -- Restructuring city and state: the municipality and local government -- 'Disorder', political sociability and the evolution of the urban public sphere -- City and countryside in modern Bahrain.
Port cities
Cities and towns