UID:
almahu_9949701749102882
Format:
1 online resource.
ISBN:
9789004512498
,
9789004512481
Series Statement:
Contemporary Archive of the Islamic World ; 5
Content:
The fifth in the CAIW series, this title reflects 50 years of experience of Cambridge (UK)-based World of Information, which since 1975 has followed the region's politics and economics. In the period following the Second World War, Saudi Arabia - a curious fusion of medieval theocracy, unruly dictatorship and extrovert wealth - has been called a country of 'superlatives.' The modernisation of the Kingdom's oil industry has been a smooth process: its oilfields are highly sophisticated. However, social modernisation has not kept pace. 'Reform', long a preoccupation among the Peninsula's leaders does not necessarily go hand in hand with religion.
Additional Edition:
Print version: Saudi Arabia 1975 - 2020. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2022 ISBN 9789004512481
Language:
English