Archive Wars: The Politics of History in Saudi Arabia

Archive Wars: The Politics of History in Saudi Arabia
ISBN-10
1503605183
ISBN-13
9781503605183
Category
History
Pages
384
Language
English
Published
2020
Publisher
Stanford Studies in Middle Eas
Author
Rosie Bsheer

Description

"This project examines how Saudi Arabian officials and economic elites used state archives, historical preservation, and urban redevelopment to consolidate power after the Gulf War. It shows how the Saudi regime attempted to shift the terrain of domestic opposition from the political to the historical and from the streets to institutions, transforming the nation's landscape into a revenue-generating asset"--

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