A History of Saudi Arabia

From: The Middle East Journal | Date: January 1, 2003| Author: | Copyright information

SAUDI ARABIA

A History of Saudi Arabia, by Madawi AlRasheed. Cambridge, UK and New York: Cambridge University Press, 2002. xvii + 223 pages. Chron. Maps. Tables. Illustrations. Appends. to p. 226. Notes to p. 234. Bibl. to p. 246. Index to p. 255. $55 cloth; $20 paper.

The dominant narratives of Saudi Arabian history focus on the figure of Ibn Sa'ud and his genius in having employed religion, coercion, and genealogical mythologies to transform a region marked by ethnic and tribal divisions into a unified state of lasting duration. In this insightful new interpretation of state-building in ...

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