Table of Contents

AcknowledgementsAl-Thani Rulers and PrincesMaps of the Persian Gulf and Qatar

1. Qatar – A New Model of Modernity?

2. Qatar – Geography of a Near Frontier

3. The Origins of Qatar – between ‘Emergence’ and ‘Creation’

4. Creating Social Realities – Qatar and the British in the Twentieth Century

5. Sheikh Khalifa and the Enigma of Independence

6. Sheikh Hamad, Sheikh Tamim and the Future of Qatar

7. Qatar’s Political Economy – A Classic Rentier State?

8. The Emir and the Exercise of Authority in Qatar

9. Conclusions – Change or Continuity?

Timeline Notes Bibliography Index

About the Author

Allen J. Fromherz is an associate professor of history at Georgia State University. He is the author of several books including The Near West: Medieval North Africa, Latin Europe, and the Mediterranean in the Second Axial Age.