Kuwait
Subtitle: Prospect and Reality
By: H.V.F. Winstone
Contributors: Freeth, Zahra
Edition: First edition.
Series: Routledge Library Editions: Kuwait -- 4; Routledge Library Editions: Kuwait -- Volume 4
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Published: 2017
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 228
ISBN-13: 9781315162980
Subjects: Petroleum industry and trade; History; Pétrole; Industrie et commerce; Histoire
Description: "For many the story of this small Arabian state begins and ends with the wealth that has accrued from its vast oil deposits. But the real fascination of Kuwait lies in its geological and archaeological history; in its long struggle for survival among powerful neighbours; in its ambitious plans for industrial and economic development. This book, first published in 1972, shows the effects of the new material wealth opened up by oil in relation to the country's remote past and its Islamic background."--Provided by publisher.
Table of contents: title: Chapter Introduction; title: chapter Contents; title: chapter Dlustrations; title: chapter The Sands of Time; title: chapter 2 In Search of a Lost Past; title: chapter 4 Mubarak the Great; title: chapter 5 Time of Trouble; title: chapter 6 Talking of Oil; title: chapter 7 Harvest of the Desert; title: chapter 8 Politics and Economics.