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100 1 $aFromherz, Allen James.
245 10 $aQatar :$ba modern history /$cAllen Fromherz.
260 $aLondon ;$aNew York :$bI.B.Tauris & Co. ;$aNew York :$bDistributed by Palgrave Macmillan,$c2011.
300 $a224 p. :$b16pp integrated bw illustrations ;$c25 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $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.
520 $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 00 $aKhalīfah ibn Ḥamad Āl Thānī,$cAmir of Qatar,$d1929-
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.
600 10 $aĀl Thānī, Ḥamad ibn Khalīfah.
650 0 $aPetroleum industry and trade$zQatar.
650 0 $aGas industry$zQatar.
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