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Introduction (J.E. Peterson)
1. Trends and Patterns in the Archaeology and Pre-Modern History of the Gulf Region (D.T. Potts)
2. Religion and Religious Movements in the Gulf, 1700-1971 (Michael Crawford)
3. Patterns of Intra-Gulf Relations: Iraq and the Gulf until 1980 (Hala Fattah); Arabia and Iran (Lawrence G. Potter)
4. The Age of Imperialism and Its Impact on the Gulf (J.E. Peterson)
5. The Gulf, the Indian Ocean, and the Arab World (Fahad Ahmad Bishara and Patricia Risso)
6. The Economic Transformation of the Gulf (Bernard Haykel, Clive Holes, Fahad Ahmad Bishara, James Onley and Steffen Hertog)
7. Tribes and Tribal Identity in the Arab Gulf States (Dale F. Eickelman)
8. Social Structures and Transformation in the Gulf and Arabia until 1971 (Hala Fattah)
9. Language, Identity, and Culture (Clive Holes)
10. Six Sovereign States: The Process of State Formation (Frauke Heard-Bey)
11. The Oil-Driven Nation-Building of the Gulf States After the Second World War (Steffen Hertog)
