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In the time of oil : piety, memory, and social life in an Omani town / Mandana E. Limbert.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, c2010.Description: xv, 244 p. : ill., map ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9780804756266 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0804756260 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 9780804756273 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 0804756279 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 953.53
LOC classification:
  • 439 DS 247.4 L733t 2010
Contents:
In the dreamtime of oil : wealth and development in an anomalous time -- Now, the police only drive : remembering rule and disorder in Bahla -- In the eye of the neighbor, there is fire : hazards and histories of sociality -- Circles of knowledge : religious learning, pious pasts, and alternative sociality -- Senses of water : nostalgia, private ownership, and bodily privacy -- Becoming Bahlawi : race, genealogy, and the politics of Arabness -- Perhaps he has a son : succession, depletion, and the uncertain future.
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Item type Current library Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Vol info Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Recursos Regionales Recursos Regionales (2do. Piso) 439 DS 247.4 L733t 2010 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 1 Available 00000098411

Includes bibliographical references and index.

In the dreamtime of oil : wealth and development in an anomalous time -- Now, the police only drive : remembering rule and disorder in Bahla -- In the eye of the neighbor, there is fire : hazards and histories of sociality -- Circles of knowledge : religious learning, pious pasts, and alternative sociality -- Senses of water : nostalgia, private ownership, and bodily privacy -- Becoming Bahlawi : race, genealogy, and the politics of Arabness -- Perhaps he has a son : succession, depletion, and the uncertain future.

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