Editor's Introduction (J.E. Peterson, independent historian and political analyst, USA)Section 1: The Setting1. Trends and Patterns in the Archaeology and Pre-Modern History of the Gulf Region (Daniel Potts, New York University, USA)2. Religion and Religious Movements in the Gulf, 1700-1971 (Michael Crawford, independent consultant and writer, UK)Section 2: Historical Aspects of International and Intra-Regional Relations in the Gulf3. Patterns of Intra-Gulf Relations: Iraq and the Gulf until 1980 (Hala Fattah, independent scholar and consultant, Jordan); Arabia and Iran (Lawrence G. Potter , Columbia University, USA)4. The Age of Imperialism and Its Impact on the Gulf (J.E. Peterson, independent historian and political analyst, USA)5. The Gulf, the Indian Ocean, and the Arab World (Fahad Bishara, College of William and Mary, USA and Patricia Risso, University of New Mexico, USA) Section 3: Economic History6. The Economic Transformation of the Gulf (Bernard Haykel, Princeton University, USA, Clive Holes, Oxford University, UK, Fahad Bishara, College of William and Mary, USA, James Onley, Exeter University, UK and Steffen Hertog, London School of Economics, UK) Section 4: Social History7. Tribes and Tribal Identity in the Arab Gulf States (Dale Eickelman, Dartmouth College, USA)8. Social Structures and Transformation in the Gulf and Arabia until 1971 (Hala Fattah, independent scholar and consultant, ) 9. Language, Identity, and Culture (Clive Holes, Oxford University, UK)10. Six Sovereign States: The Process of State Formation (Frauke Heard-Bey, National Archives, Abu Dhabi)11. The Oil-Driven Nation-Building of the Gulf States After World War II (Steffen Hertog, London School of Economics, UK)GlossaryChronologyNotes on ContributorsIndex