The Formation of the UAE

State-Building and Arab Nationalism in the Middle East

Kristi Barnwell (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

208 Seiten

2024
I.B. Tauris (Verlag)
9781838605278 (ISBN)

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December 2, 1971 ushered the United Arab Emirates into existence and marked the end of one hundred fifty years of British protection of the Arab states of the Gulf. Today, the UAE projects an image of modernity and prosperity; but before its formation, the emirates endured poverty and political upheaval while the rulers and people navigated the transition from autonomous city-states to modern nation states under informal British rule. This book shows how the Trucial States came to form a sovereign federation, paying particular attention to the role of nationalism and anti-imperialism.

Kristi Barnwell demonstrates that the ruling sheikhs of the Gulf Arab rulers in the Gulf strove to create their new state with close ties to Great Britain, which provided technical, military and administrative assistance to the emirates, while also publicly embracing the popular ideologies of anti-imperialism and Arab socialism that were still dominating the political discourse in the Arab world. In the process, she situates the Emirates’ modern history in the broader narratives of the history of the Middle East. The research draws on primary source materials from British and American government archives, speeches, and government publications from the Arab Emirates, as well as memoirs and secondary sources.

Kristi Barnwell is an Associate Professor of History at University of Illinois Springfield, US where she reads, writes, and teaches modern Middle East history and history methods. Her research in Middle East political history focuses on state formation, decolonization, and Arab nationalism. Her other research interests include women's handcraft and the connection of handcraft to personal and community identities. She completed her PhD in History at the University of Texas at Austin, US.

Introduction
Chapter 1: Protected Status, 1820-1947
Chapter 2: The Transition from the India Office to the Foreign Office, 1947-1952
Chapter 3: British Goals for the Trucial States
Chapter 4: The Promise of Oil
Chapter 5: The Saudi Threat
Chapter 6: Nationalism and anti-imperialism
Chapter 7: Development
Chapter 8: The Trucial States and the Height of Arab Nationalism
Chapter 9: Federation and Withdrawal
Chapter 10: Security
Conclusion
Appendices
Rulers of the Trucial States 1947-preesent
Selection of British officials, 1947-1971

Erscheinungsdatum	19.03.2024
Sprache	englisch
Maße	164 x 236 mm
Gewicht	460 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Wirtschaftsgeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie
ISBN-13	9781838605278 / 9781838605278
Zustand	Neuware