Fromherz, Allen James. <br/><br/>
Qatar :  a modern history / 
Allen Fromherz. 
 - viii, 204 pages :  maps ;  25 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-197) and index. 
<br/><br/>Qatar : a new model of modernity? -- Qatar : geography of a near frontier -- The origins of Qatar : between 'emergence' and 'creation' -- Creating social realities : Qatar and the British in the twentieth century -- Sheikh Khalifa and the enigma of independence -- Sheikh Hamad and the future of Qatar -- Qatar's political economy : a classic rentier state? -- The emir and the exercise of authority in Qatar. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781589019102 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2011037928 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>KhaliÌfah ibn HÌ£amad AÌl ThaÌniÌ, Amir of Qatar,  1929- <br/>AÌl ThaÌniÌ, HÌ£amad ibn KhaliÌfah.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Petroleum industry and trade--Qatar.<br/>Gas industry--Qatar.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Qatar--History.<br/>Qatar--Economic conditions.<br/>Qatar--Politics and government.<br/>Qatar--Foreign relations--Middle East.<br/>Middle East--Foreign relations--Qatar.<br/>Qatar--Strategic aspects.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>DS247.Q35  / F76 2011 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>953.63