Includes index.
Part I. The historiography of the Persian Gulf
Rethinking the history of port cities in the gulf / Nelida Fuccaro
Narrative and the historian's craft in the Arabic historiography of the gulf / Fahad Ahmad Bishara
The historiography of the Persian Gulf: a survey of the 19th and 20th century Persian sources / Gholam Reza Vatandoust
Narrating the gulf: literary evidence for history / Muhsin al-Musawi
Part II. Port cities and Littoral society
The rise and fall of port cities in the Persian Gulf / Lawrence G. Potter
Muscat as a port city / J.E. Peterson
Bushehr: southern gateway to iran / Willem Floor
Inside a gulf port: the dynamics of urban life in pre-oil Kuwait / Farah Al-Nakib
Part III. Peoples in the gulf
Indian communities in the Persian Gulf, c. 1500-1947 / James Onley
The Baluch as an ethnic group in the Persian Gulf region / Carina Jahani
"Purity and confusion": the Hawala between Persians and Arabs in the contemporary gulf / Ahmed al-Dailami
The African presence in eastern Arabia / Matthew S. Hopper
Identity transformations of African communities in Iran / Behnaz A. Mirzai.
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The Persian Gulf in modern times : people, ports, and history. ISBN 9781137485762. Published by Palgrave Macmillan in 2014. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.
