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    The Saudi enigma : a history / Pascal Ménoret ; translated by Patrick Camiller.

    By: Ménoret, Pascal, 1976-Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: French Publisher: New York : Zed Books, 2005Description: xiv, 257 p. : maps ; 23 cmISBN: 1842776045 (cased); 9781842776049 (cased); 1842776053; 9781842776056; 9953140707 (Lebanon); 9789953140704 (Lebanon)Uniform titles: Enigme saoudienne. English Subject(s): Saudi Arabia -- Politics and governmentDDC classification: 953.805/2 LOC classification: DS227 | .M4613 2005Online resources: Contributor biographical information | Publisher description | Table of contents only
    Contents:
    Introduction -- The island of the Arabs -- What is Wahhabism? -- Genesis and structure of the modern state, 1902-1973 -- Bellicose Islamism? 1973-2003 -- From the era of opulence to the age of need -- An ambiguous social modernization -- The appearance of women -- The Gulf War generation -- Conclusion -- Chronology.
    Review: "The Saudi Enigma illustrates the emerging autonomous - and Islamic - manifestations of Saudi national identity, fiercely reformist rather than medieval, complex and varied rather than merely a justification or support for the rule of the al-Saud royal family. Underlying Menoret's account is a sophisticated economic history of the Saudi state, from the eighteenth century to the present day, which details all the alliances and manoeuvres that have brought the country and its rulers to their current precarious position."--BOOK JACKET.
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    Includes bibliographical references (p. [246]-248) and index.

    Introduction -- The island of the Arabs -- What is Wahhabism? -- Genesis and structure of the modern state, 1902-1973 -- Bellicose Islamism? 1973-2003 -- From the era of opulence to the age of need -- An ambiguous social modernization -- The appearance of women -- The Gulf War generation -- Conclusion -- Chronology.

    "The Saudi Enigma illustrates the emerging autonomous - and Islamic - manifestations of Saudi national identity, fiercely reformist rather than medieval, complex and varied rather than merely a justification or support for the rule of the al-Saud royal family. Underlying Menoret's account is a sophisticated economic history of the Saudi state, from the eighteenth century to the present day, which details all the alliances and manoeuvres that have brought the country and its rulers to their current precarious position."--BOOK JACKET.

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