000 00296nam a2200121Ia 4500
999 _c149260
_d149260
020 _a9781842776049
040 _cCUS
082 _a327.1011
_bMEN/T
100 _aMenoret, Pascal
245 4 _aThe Saudi enigma: a history/
_cPascal Menoret
260 _aLondon:
_bZed Books,
_c2005.
300 _axiv, 257 p. ;
_c23 cm.
505 _aIntroduction -- The island of the Arabs -- What is Wahhabism? -- Genesis and structure of the modern state, 1902-1973 -- Bellicose Islamism? 1973-2003 -- From the era of opulence to the age of need -- An ambiguous social modernization -- The appearance of women -- The Gulf War generation -- Conclusion -- Chronology.
650 _aPolitics and government
_zSaudi Arabia
942 _cWB16