An informative edited volume that surveys the history of the Persian Gulf from ancient times to the present day. Chapters by leading authorities summarize the internal history of the region and highlight the role outsiders, includingthe Portuguese, Dutch, Ottomans, British and Americans, have played there. INDICE: Introduction; L.G.Potter PART I: GULF HISTORY AND SOCIETY The Archaeology and Early History of the Persian Gulf; D.Potts The Persian Gulf in thePre-Islamic Period: Sasanian Perspectives; T.Daryaee The Gulf in the Early Islamic Period; D.Whitcomb The Kings of Hormuz; M.B.Vosoughi Boom and Bust: The Port of Basra in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Century; R.Matthee The CulturalUnity of the Indian Ocean; M.R.Bhacker The Gulf and the Swahili Coast: A History of Acculturation over the Longue Durée; A.Sheriff Ties between India and the Gulf; P.Risso The Arab Presence on the Iranian Coast of the Persian Gulf; S.Nadjmabadi Gulf Society Today: An Anthropologist's View of the Khalijis; W.Beeman PART II: THE ROLE OF OUTSIDERS The Portuguese Presence in the Persian Gulf; J.T.e Cunha Dutch Relations with the Persian Gulf; W.Floor The Ottoman Rolein the Gulf; F.Anscombe Britain and the Gulf: At the Periphery of Empire; J.Peterson The U.S. Role in the Gulf; G.Sick
- ISBN: 978-0-230-61282-2
- Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 336
- Fecha Publicación: 11/05/2010
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés