A modern history of Oman; formation of the state since 1920.1860646174 A modern history of Oman Early history Oman adopted Islam in the 7th century A.D., during the lifetime of the prophet Muhammad. Ibadism became the dominant religious sect in Oman by the 8th century A.D. Oman is the only country in the Islamic world with a majority Ibadi population. ; formation of the state since 1920. Owtram, Francis. I.B. Tauris I. B. Tauris (usually typeset as I.B.Tauris) is the name of an independent publishing house with offices in London and New York. Its New York offices are co-located with those of Palgrave Macmillan who function as the company's North American distributors. & Co. 2004 232 pages $55.00 Hardcover Library of modern Middle East studies; 30 DS247 Owtram (social sciences, U. of Southampton, UK) sees three major themes as being of importance in understanding the state formation processes of modern Oman: the worldwide expansion of capitalism and its accompanying social relations and state system; the nature of external (Western) involvement within the context of the capitalist environment, and the impact of that involvement on Omany society. He describes how these themes have influenced state formation in Oman since the 1920s, identifying four phases corresponding to the establishment of British informal empire, the expansion of the Sultanate encouraged by British oil interests, the consolidation of the state as Arab nationalism Arab nationalism is a common nationalist ideology in the 20th century.[1]It is based on the premise that nations from Morocco to the Arabian peninsula are united by their common linguistic, cultural and historical heritage. and radicalism weakened weak·en tr. & intr.v. weak·ened, weak·en·ing, weak·ens To make or become weak or weaker. weak  en·er n. the British position in the region, and the present
contemporary rentier state A rentier (prounounced rän'tyā) is an individual who depends on income derived from rents, which in turn are defined as “a reward for ownership of all natural resources” or the “income derived from the gift of nature. . In narrating these developments, Owtram
often raises comparative issues of how and why Oman differs from other
states of the Gulf Cooperation Council. Distributed in the US by
Palgrave.
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