The Saudi enigma
Subtitle: a history
By: Pascal  Ménoret ; translated by Patrick Camiller.
Publisher: Zed Books
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 257
Subjects: Politieke situatie; Economische situatie; Wahhabieten; Saudi Arabia -- Politics and government; 5.250
Work titles: Enigme saoudienne.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [246]-248) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: The island of the Arabs; title: What is Wahhabism?; title: Genesis and structure of the modern state, 1902-1973; title: Bellicose Islamism? 1973-2003; title: From the era of opulence to the age of need; title: An ambiguous social modernization; title: The appearance of women; title: The Gulf War generation; title: Conclusion; title: Chronology.