A land transformed : the Arabian Peninsula, Saudi Arabia, and Saudi Aramco / edited by Arthur P. Clark, Muhammad A. Tahlawi ; authors, William Facey ... [et al.] ; contributing editors, Thomas A. Pledge ... [et al.].
Imprint
Dhahran, Saudi Arabia : Saudi Arabian Oil Co. (Saudi Aramco) ; Houston, Tex. : Aramco Services Co., c2006.
xxiii, 323 p. : chiefly col. ill., col. maps ; 34 cm.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 315-321) and index.
Contents
A land transformed -- Arabia before Islam -- The revelation and the Ummah -- Arabia since the revelation -- The emergence of the Saudi state, 1700-1932 -- Tradition and modernization, 1932-present -- Wildlife and conservation -- Tapping the treasure.
