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This is a photographic record of Kuwait during the first half of the 20th century. During this period, what was a vulnerable sheikhdom negotiating a precarious independence amongst neighbouring powers (the British in India and the Gulf, the Ottoman Turks in Mesopotamia, and the central Arabian chieftaincies of Ha'il and Riyadh) emerged as a nation state with the highest per capita income in the world. The book represents a visual record of a crucial time before the centuries-old way of life, centred on pearling, fishing, boat-building and trade by land and sea, was swept away. Kuwait's people, with no natural resources of their own, not even fresh water, managed by clever use of their geopolitical position and tradition skills to make Kuwait not only the foremost Arabian port in the Gulf, but also a force to be reckoned with in north-east Arabia. European fascination with the Arab way of life is reflected in the photographs of many renowned travellers, including Freya Stark, Alan Villiers and Wilfred Thesiger.
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William Facey is the author of Back to Earth: Adobe Building in Saudi Arabia and a Director of the London School of Arab Studies. Gillian Grant is an archivist specializing in the care of photographic collections.
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- PublisherI.B. Tauris
- Publication date1998
- ISBN 10 1860642713
- ISBN 13 9781860642715
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages128
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Many stricking black and white photographic plates, 128pp, bibliography, index, hardback with dustjacket. Oblong quarto. This book "documents the period between 1900 and 1950, which saw Kuwait's emergence from a vunerable shaikhdom negotiating a precarious independece amongst neighbouring powers - the British in India and the Gulf, the Ottoman Turks in Mesopotamia, and the central Arabian chieftaincies of Ha'il and Riyadh - to a nation state with the highest per capita income in the world. It is an outstanding visual record of a crucial time before the centuries-old way of life, centering on pearling, fishing, boat-building and trade by land and sea, was swept away." Publisher's Description. Seller Inventory # 53789
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1st edition. Fine cloth copy in a very good, slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 128 pages: illustrations, map, portraits; 24 x 29 cm.Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 125-127) and index.Subjects: Photography Kuwait History. Kuwait History 20th century; Pictorial works. Kuwait Civilization; Pictorial works.Kuwait Social conditions; Pictorial works. Kuwait Social life and customs; Pictorial works. Kuwait Description and travelOther names: Grant, Gillian.London Centre of Arab Studies. Genre: Bibliography. Illustrated. 1 Kg. Seller Inventory # 317338
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1st edition. Fine cloth copy in a very good, slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 128 pages: illustrations, map, portraits; 24 x 29 cm.Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 125-127) and index.Subjects: Photography Kuwait History. Kuwait History 20th century; Pictorial works. Kuwait Civilization; Pictorial works.Kuwait Social conditions; Pictorial works. Kuwait Social life and customs; Pictorial works. Kuwait Description and travelOther names: Grant, Gillian.London Centre of Arab Studies. Genre: Bibliography. Illustrated. 1 Kg. Seller Inventory # 317338
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orig. boards. Textual photo illustrations. (illustrator). 24x29cm Contents: Kuwait: the Past Reflected, 1900-1950 -- Russian ships at Kuwait,1900-1903 -- Lord Curzon, 1903 -- Hermann Burchardt, 1903 -- Showing the flag: the British navy 1904-1912 -- Captain W.H.I. Shakespear, 1909-1914 --Barclay Raunkiaer, 1912 -- Lord Hardinge, 1915 -- The Arabian Mission, 191 0-1920s -- Arnold Heims, 1924 -- Defending an ally: the British, 1920-1929 -- Gerald Selous (1930) and G. Ward-Smith (1933) -- Harold and Violet Dickson, 1929-1936 -- C.J. Edmonds 1934 and 1937 -- George Rendel, 1937 -- Freya Stark, 1932 and 1937 -- Gerald de Gaury and the Lindts, 1936-1939 -- Alan Villiers, 1939 -- Second World War photography, 1940 and 1944 -- Wilfred Thesiger, 1945 and 1949. Minor wear. VG. A small tear & some rumpling to dustwrapper., dustwrapper. Seller Inventory # 022754
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