8vo. xiv, 201 pp., tables, publisher’s original wrappers, appendix, biblio. index, blind stamp embossed on lower cover, otherwise copy in mint condition, Westview Press, 1985,

Synopsis

Examining the evolution of the Saudi government from 1901 to 1983, a period of major social and political transformation, the author looks at the ways in which a traditional elite, the Al-Saud, has managed to surmount the formidable obstacles of tribal and regional differences compounded by rapid modernization.