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Book SynopsisOman, a state in southeastern Arabia, is a prime example of a country that has not benefited greatly from modernization, but instead has fallen into economic and political insignificance as a result of economic and technological innovations introduced by the West. Prior to the nineteenth century Mr. Landen finds that native Omanis had developed a t
Table of Contents*Frontmatter, pg. i*Preface, pg. vii*Contents, pg. xi*Abbreviated titles of Often-quoted works, pg. xiii*1. The Premodern Persian Gulf, pg. 3*2. Oman Before the Late Nineteenth Century, pg. 29*3. The Beginnings of Modernization in the Persian Gulf, pg. 79*4. Economic Change in Oman During the Late Nineteenth Century, pg. 109*5. The Evolution of Indirect Rule, 1862-92, pg. 163*6. The Defense of British Predominance, 1892-1903, pg. 234*7. Collapse of the Moderate Regime, 1856-71, pg. 271*8. Reconstruction of the Moderate Regime, 1871-1903, pg. 321*9. Epilogue: Oman in the Twentieth Century, pg. 388*Bibliographical Notes, pg. 429*Index, pg. 457
