[SOLD] Rosemarie Said Zahlan – The Origins of the United Arab Emirates – 1978

One of the first histories of the build-up to the formation of the United Arab Emirates, mainly covering the period up to the 1960s, published in 1978. Now hard to find in the original edition.

Covers the background to the region in the 19th and 20th centuries, the Trucial States, the role of British interests, territorial disputes and other aspects.

An important reference work on modern Emirati history.

First printing of the first paperback edition. In very good condition. Clean inside. Published by Palgrave Macmillan in 1978.