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Beschreibung
"This project examines how Saudi Arabian officials and economic elites used state archives, historical preservation, and urban redevelopment to consolidate power after the Gulf War. It shows how the Saudi regime attempted to shift the terrain of domestic opposition from the political to the historical and from the streets to institutions, transforming the nation's landscape into a revenue-generating asset"--
"This project examines how Saudi Arabian officials and economic elites used state archives, historical preservation, and urban redevelopment to consolidate power after the Gulf War. It shows how the Saudi regime attempted to shift the terrain of domestic opposition from the political to the historical and from the streets to institutions, transforming the nation's landscape into a revenue-generating asset"--
Über den Autor
Rosie Bsheer is Assistant Professor of History at Harvard University.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Introduction: The Archive Question

1. Occluded Pasts

2. A State With No Archive

3. Assembling History

4. Heritage as War

5. Bulldozing the Past

Conclusion: The Violence of History
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
Genre: Geschichte, Importe
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Reihe: Stanford Studies in Middle Eastern and Islamic Societies and Cultures
Inhalt: Einband - flex.(Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781503612570
ISBN-10: 1503612570
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Bsheer, Rosie
Auflage: New
Hersteller: Stanford University Press
Stanford Studies in Middle Eastern and Islamic Societies and Cultures
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Mare Nostrum Group B.V., Doelen 72, ?-4831 GR Breda, gpsr@mare-nostrum.co.uk
Maße: 224 x 149 x 27 mm
Von/Mit: Rosie Bsheer
Erscheinungsdatum: 22.09.2020
Gewicht: 0,582 kg
Artikel-ID: 117018031

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