8vo. xii, 433 pp., end paper maps, cloth in d/w, biblio. index, previous owner’s name inscribed on half-title page, small stain to outer edges, otherwise copy in very good condition, Harrap, London, 1987.

Synopsis

The author as well as describing the Saudi Arabia of the present, she analyses the forces that will shape the future – the oil market, the influence of the huge foreign work force on the society and the durability of the House of Saud in the face of change.