In the Time of Oil: Piety, Memory, and Social Life in an Omani Town

This compelling historical ethnography explores how people in Bahla, an oasis town in the interior of Oman, experienced dramatic transformation in their lives following the discovery of oil in the late 1960s, and now grapple with the prospect of this resource's future depletion.

Author: Mandana Limbert
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Published: 06/07/2010
Pages: 264
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.79lbs
Size: 8.80h x 6.00w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9780804756273

About the Author
Mandana Limbert is Associate Professor of Anthropology at Queens College and The Graduate Center of The City University of New York.