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Saudi Arabia: A Modern History

Saudi Arabia: A Modern History

Commins, David

Hardcover

Arabian PeninsulaGeneral Middle Eastern HistoryGeneral Political ScienceGeneral World History

Publisher Price: $35.00

PREORDER - Expected ship date April 29, 2025

ISBN10: 0300258054
ISBN13: 9780300258059
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: Apr 29 2025
Pages: 384
Language: English
A major new history of Saudi Arabia, from its eighteenth-century origins to the present day

Saudi Arabia is one of the wealthiest countries in the world, a major player on the international stage and the site of Islam's two holiest cities. It is also one of the world's only absolute monarchies. How did Saudi Arabia get to where it is today?

In this comprehensive account, David Commins narrates the full history of Saudi Arabia from oasis emirate to present-day attempts to leap to a post-petroleum economy. Moving through the ages, Commins traces how the Saud dynasty's reliance on sectarianism, foreign expertise, and petroleum to stabilize power has unintentionally spawned secular and religious movements seeking accountability and justice. He incorporates the experiences of activists, women, religious minorities, Bedouin, and expatriate workers as the country transformed from subsistence agrarian life to urban consumer society.

This is a perceptive portrait of Saudi Arabia's complex and evolving story--and a country that is all too easily misunderstood.

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