Jones, Jeremy, 1954-

A history of modern Oman / Jeremy Jones, University of Oxford, Nicholas Ridout, University of London. - xii, 291 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Oman and the Al Bu Said -- Oman, Zanzibar and empire -- Oman in the age of British ascendancy and the Arab Nahda -- The sultanate as nation -- Dhofar -- Oil, government and security, 1955-1980 -- Shura, diplomacy and economic liberalisation (1980-2000) -- Oman in the twenty-first century.

9781107009400 (hardback : alk. paper) 9781107402027 (pbk. : alk. paper)

2015016106


Oman--History--20th century.
Oman--History.

DS247.O68 / J66 2015

953.53