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Honour Is in Contentment

Lancaster, Fidelity, Lancaster, William

2011,2010

Overview

Based on interviews and field research, the authors explore the sets of ideas Arab tribespeople from Ras Al-Khaimah had about tribe and community; social and economic networks, and jural contracts for livelihoods and profits; their uses of their environments; the moral relations of credit, debt and labour; ruling; economic and political transformations; and ideas of regional history where conflicts were regarded as disputes over sets of ideas, and informal accounts of tribal and local histories. Their lively descriptions and explanations of life before oil portrayed tribal societies whose relationships were moral rather than political and were between jurally equal persons. All lived from their own resources; 'wealth' was material self-sufficiency; 'riches' the richness of social relationships. Political arenas were decentralised and underpinned by common cultural and moral values. Published sources give a wider context to these ideas and events which show the great complexity and differing perspectives of 'life before oil' in the Gulf.

• Publisher: De Gruyter,De Gruyter, Inc
• Subject: 20. Jahrhundert / 20th century / Arab Tribes / Arabische Stämme / Cultural Anthropology / Cultural Anthropology, Arab Tribes, UAE, Oman, Economics / Economics / Ethnologie / Ethnology / Ethnology -- United Arab Emirates -- Ra?s al-Khaymah (Emirate) / Ethnology -- United Arab Emirates -- Raʾs al-Khaymah (Emirate) / General history of Asia Middle East (Near East) / HISTORY / HISTORY / Middle East / General / Human geography / Human geography -- United Arab Emirates -- Ra?s al-Khaymah (Emirate) / Human geography -- United Arab Emirates -- Raʾs al-Khaymah (Emirate) / Oman / Petroleum industry and trade / Petroleum industry and trade -- United Arab Emirates -- Ra?s al-Khaymah (Emirate) / Petroleum industry and trade -- United Arab Emirates -- Raʾs al-Khaymah (Emirate) / PHILOSOPHY / Eastern / General / PHILOSOPHY / General / Ra?s al-Khaymah (United Arab Emirates : Emirate) -- History -- 20th century / Ra?s al-Khaymah (United Arab Emirates : Emirate) -- Social conditions -- 20th century / Ra?s al-Khaymah (United Arab Emirates : Emirate) -- Social life and customs / Ras al-Khaymah (Emirate) / Ras al-Khaymah (United Arab Emirates : Emirate) / Raʾs al-Khaymah (United Arab Emirates : Emirate) -- History -- 20th century / Raʾs al-Khaymah (United Arab Emirates : Emirate) -- Social conditions -- 20th century / Raʾs al-Khaymah (United Arab Emirates : Emirate) -- Social life and customs / Social conditions / Social life and customs / UAE / United Arab Emirates / Vereinigung arabischer Emirate
• ISBN: 9783110223408, 3110223406, 9783110223392, 3110223392