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100 1 _aFromherz, Allen James
245 1 0 _aQatar :
_ba modern history /
_cAllen James Fromherz
260 _aNew York :
_bI. B. Tauris,
_c2012
300 _aviii, 204 p. ;
_c24 cm.
500 _aQatar : a new model of modernity? -- Qatar : geography of a near frontier -- The origins of Qatar : between 'emergence' and 'creation' -- Creating social realities : Qatar and the British in the twentieth century -- Sheikh Khalifa and the enigma of independence -- Sheikh Hamad and the future of Qatar -- Qatar's political economy : a classic rentier state? -- The emir and the exercise of authority in Qatar.
500 _aWith the second greatest natural gas resources in the region, Qatar's economic clout is considerable. At the same time the Qatar story is replete with paradoxes: the state hosts the Al-Jazeera media network, an influential expression of Arab nationalism and anti-Americanism, while also hosting the principal US naval base in the region
600 0 0 _aKhalifah ibn Hamad Al Thani,
_cAmir of Qatar,
_d1929-
600 1 0 _aAl Thani, Hamad ibn Khalīfah
650 0 _aPetroleum industry and trade
_zQatar.
650 0 _aGas industry
_zQatar
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651 0 _aQatar
_xHistory.
651 0 _aQatar
_xEconomic conditions
651 0 _aQatar
_xPolitics and government
651 0 _aQatar
_xForeign relations
_zMiddle East
651 0 _aMiddle East
_xForeign relations
_zQatar
651 0 _aQatar
_xStrategic aspects.
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991 _aInstitut Kajian Rantau Asia Barat (IKRAB)
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