Keepers of the Golden Shore

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Preface 7. - 1 Desert, Sea and Mountain: Southeast Arabia in Prehistory 9. - 2 Emergence: Greater Oman, the Arabian Gulf and the Bani Yas, ad 630-1909 28. - 3 A Maritime Kind: The Qawasim, the British and the Trucial Coast, 1718-1906 54. - 4 Jewels of the Sea: The Rise and Fall of the Pearling Industry, 1508-1949 75. - 5 Something in the Air: Dubai and the Northern Sheikhdoms, 1901-39. - 6 The Hungry Years: The Trucial Coast in the Second World War, 1939-45 116. - 7 Sweet Crude: Abu Dhabi and the Discovery of Oil, 1909-71 130. - 8 Blueprint for a Nation: The Trucial States, 1945-68 151. - 9 Divided We Stand: Unification and Beyond, 1964-80 1/8. - 10 Only One Tribe: The United Arab Emirates, 1980-Present Day 200.