- Hardcover: 580 pages
- Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan (Jan 14 1997)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0863569358
- ISBN-13: 978-0863569357
- Product Dimensions: 25.4 x 18.4 x 3.2 cm
- Shipping Weight: 1.2 Kg
- Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #2,358,999 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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A Choice Outstanding Academic Book 'If you read or own just one book on Saudi Arabia, make sure it is this one.' Middle East Quarterly 'Combines a wealth of fascinating detail with rigorous and penetrating analysis.' Bernard Lewis 'An outstanding book: a study of the Saudi state rich in historical documentation. Comprehensive and measured.' Fred Halliday 'It will become required reading for all those interested in the country's shaping and development over the past two centuries.' Tim Niblock
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Book Description
Recipient of the CHOICE 1999 Outstanding Academic title
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 250 years of its existence.
Among the vast array of topics, the author studies the movement of the Wahhabi religious reformers, who call themselves muwahhidun (believers in one God), the various stages of development of the Saudi state, the role of the `oil factor` in the transformation of Saudi society, the appearance of frequently conflictual new classes and social groups, and Saudi Arabia`s role in the international arena.
The book is based on a wealth of sources: Arab texts (including many original Arabian chronicles) by both protagonists and antagonists of the Saudi dynasty and the Wahhabis; accounts by European travellers, diplomats, scholars and intelligence officers from the eighteenth to the twentieth century; the documents and publications of the British administration in India; twentieth-century Arabic sources, including not only official Saudi publications but also accounts by participants in the formative events described; works by prominent east European academics that have previously been unavailable in English; US publications; and Russian sources, including the previously untapped riches of the Russian archives.
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Daniel Pipes has it wrong,
By Kevin Bold "I must be doing something right, ... (Pittsburgh, PA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)
This review is from: The History of Saudi Arabia (Paperback)
Daniel Pipes says, ". . .he paints a picture of Saudi Arabia from its founder Ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab. . ."Ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab, the founder of "Wahhabism," lived in the 1700's. Abdul Aziz ibn Saud, the real founder of Saudi Arabia, died in the 20th century. I will never read or buy a book written by someone who could make such a silly mistake, nor will I ever take one of their reviews seriously.
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Saudi Arabia as you never read it,
By Pascal Ménoret (Paris France) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The History of Saudi Arabia (Paperback)
That's for the moment the best available book on Saudi Arabia. Exceptionally documented, it stages the history of the most mysterious country of the Middle East from the beginning of the eighteenth century until 1998, coping with the socio-economical backgroung of that ideology which is named "wahhabism". It reverses the usual order of analyse, deniyng "islam" to be the only cause of the current shape of Saudi Arabia. A great work.
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the defintive history of saudi arabia,
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This review is from: The History of Saudi Arabia (Paperback)
This is the most complete and accurate history of saudi arabia to date. It is a slow read, but a must for the serious student of this oil-rich kingdom.
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