The Politics of Regional Trade in Iraq, Arabia, and the Gulf 1745-1900
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| Rating | : | 4.65 (797 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0791431134 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 254 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-02-12 |
| Language | : | English |
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Hala Fattah, currently an independent scholar, was Visiting Assistant Professor at Georgetown University in both the Center for Contemporary Arab Studies and the History Department.
This history of trade in Iraq, Arabia, and the Gulf basin over the course of 150 years establishes the interconnectedness of the Gulf region by charting the regional ties that bound disparate districts together through long-distance trade networks. Hala Fattah redraws the parameters of the history of this area, tracing the social history of the regional market from its beginnings to its last-ditch efforts to stand up to the onslaught of superior firepower, more efficient technology, and the inexorable rise of the world market.
Dr. Bayly, K. Chaudhuri, and Sanjay Subrahmanyam on Indian trade and politics. For specialists in the field it provides a fresh approach to the history of the area outside the traditional historiography of Middle Eastern states. She has thereby managed to evaluate critically what these two groups of sources express and explain or fill in what they choose to be silent about. She is therefore able to bring a broad transregional perspective to her material." -- Suraiya Faroqhi, Nahost Institute, Ludwig-Maximilians University, Germany "Hala Fattah'