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.