Records of the Emirates 1820-1960 12 Volume Hardback Set Including Boxed Genealogical Table and Maps

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Main Details

Title Records of the Emirates 1820-1960 12 Volume Hardback Set Including Boxed Genealogical Table and Maps
Authors and Contributors      Edited by P. Tuson
Edited by A. Burdett
Edited by E. Quick
SeriesCambridge Archive Editions
Physical Properties
Format:Mixed media product
Pages:8250
Dimensions(mm): Height 465,Width 320
ISBN/Barcode 9781852072308
ClassificationsDewey:953.57
Audience
Undergraduate
Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Professional & Vocational
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Cambridge University Press
Imprint Cambridge Archive Editions
Publication Date 1 April 1990
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

In these 8000 pages Archive Editions presents a key selection of facsimile original British government documents detailing the history and development of the United Arab Emirates from 1820 to modern times. The set includes a map box containing 10 maps dated between 1826 and 1956 and a set of the genealogical tables of the ruling families of the seven Emirates. The collection offers historical evidence for the political, economic and social evolution of the seven Emirates. It includes internal and external frontier negotiations and questions of island sovereignty, constitutional and military developments; the Trucial States Council and the Trucial Oman Levies, municipal development, banking, medicine, air travel. Such records complete the historical background to the extraordinary evolution of the Emirate, from desert subsistence economies to modern city states.