| Description |
1 online resource (169 pages) |
| Series |
The Gulf Research Center book series at Gerlach Press |
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Gulf Research Center book series.
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| Contents |
Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; 1. Gender and Geography in the Land of Punt; 2. The Queen of Sheba in Yemeni and Ethiopian Mythology; 3. Diasporic Routes: African Passages to the Gulf; 4. The 1964 Zanzibar Genocide: The Politics of Denial; 5. Gulfrica: Blowing the Horn of Light into Afrabia; 6. Neoliberal Challenges and Transnational Lives of Cameroonian Migrants in Dubai; 7. Inclusive Growth, Governance of Natural Resources and Sustainable Development in Africa from a Qatari Perspective |
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8. Qatar's Food and Water Security: An Evolving Strategy; 9. Healthy Relationships? GCC Global Health Engagement in Africa; About the Contributors; Index |
| Summary |
The ties that bind Africa and the Gulf region have deep historical roots that influence both what Braudel called the longue durée and the short-term events of current policy shifts, market-based economic fluctuations, and global and local political vicissitudes. This book, a collaboration of historians, political scientists, development planners, and a biomedical engineer, explores Arabian-African relationships in their many overlapping dimensions. Thus histories constructed from the "bottom up" - records of the everyday activities of commerce, intermarriage, and gender roles - offer an incisi |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
HISTORY / Middle East / General
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International relations
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Wirtschaftsbeziehungen
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| SUBJECT |
Africa -- Relations -- Persian Gulf Region
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Persian Gulf Region -- Relations -- Africa
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| Subject |
Africa
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Persian Gulf Region
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Afrika
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Golfstaaten
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Abusharaf, Rogaia Mustafa, editor
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Eickelman, Dale F., 1942- editor.
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| LC no. |
2015512509 |
| ISBN |
9783940924711 |
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3940924717 |
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