Ruling Shaikhs and Her Majesty's Government, 1960-1969
by Miriam Joyce
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This volume discusses the evolution of the British-protected Gulf states during the 1960s and explains how these small Shaikhdoms moved towards independence. Based on extensive research using British documents from the Public Records Office and selected American documents from the National Archives, this book investigates the relationship between British officials and Arab Gulf Shaikhs. At the beginning of what was to be their final years as guardians of the Gulf, British officials pressed show more for political progress, co-operation among the Shaikhdoms and improvements in education and health care. show lessMembers
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Miriam Joyce is a Professor of History at Purdue University, Calumet.
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- Genres
- Nonfiction, Politics and Government
- DDC/MDS
- 327.09536 — Society, government, & culture Political science International Relations: Spies Biography And History Asia
- LCC
- DS247 .A138 .J69 — History of Europe, Asia, Africa and Oceania Asia History of Asia Arabian Peninsula. Saudi Arabia Local history and description
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