Arabian Time Machine: Self-portrait of an Oil State

Helga Graham

ISBN 10: 043430350X / ISBN 13: 9780434303502

Published by London: Heinemann, 1978

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Condition Notes: Dust wrapper age-toned at the verso. Gently bruised at the top corners of the binding. The contents complete, clean and tight.; First edition (first printing). Hardback. Dust wrapper over blue boards with gilt titles to the spine; Measures 8¾" x 5¾" (1 kg); pp 338; Index; Includes: Black & white photographs (plates); Maps (1); Glossary; || The book is on the shelf, ready to be appropriately packed, and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the book shop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #194542 ||.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Arabian Time Machine: Self-portrait of an Oil State
• Publisher: London: Heinemann
• Publication Date: 1978
• ISBN 10: 043430350X
• ISBN 13: 9780434303502
• Binding: Hardback in Dust Wrapper.
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Business & Finance

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Synopsis

No people have been propelled so fast through hundreds of years of history as the people of the Arabian oil lands. the story is told here by people from one Gulg state, Qatar. There is Sultan who once took pilgrims across the desert to Mecca and now handles international business worth millions. There is the story of the harsh and hazardous life of pearl divers plus lots more. Der Helga Graham spend a year in Qatar getting to know the people and recording their words.