"Kuwait." . . "PETROLEUM." . . "POLITICAL CONDITIONS." . . "ECONOMIC CONDITIONS." . . . . . . "Kuwait the transformation of an oil state"@en . . . "Invasion of Kuwait in the context of Kuwait's historical foreign policy and examines the invasion's legacy, arguing that it reinforced Kuwaiti nationalism while renewing public demand for greater political participation." . . "Weaves these themes into a broad profile of Kuwait, analyzing the nation's transformation from a pre-oil to an oil economy; its social structure and composition, including the country's tribal roots and key divisions involving class, gender, and immigrant labor; political tensions resulting from the nation's sudden wealth and the accompanying changes in social structure; and its relations with other countries in the Gulf and Middle East. In particular, she places Iraq's." . "Kuwait, unlike most of its neighbors, has a well-established national identity and a long history as a nation, dating back to the eighteenth century. In this book, Dr. Jill Crystal focuses on two recurring themes in Kuwaiti history: one, the preservation of a sense of community in the face of radical economic, social, and political transformations; the second, internal rivalry over the conventions governing relations among members of the community. Crystal skillfully." . "Kuwait : the transformation of an oil state" . . . . . "Kuwait : The transformation of an oil state" . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Sozialer Wandel." . . "Sozialgeschichte." . . "Politischer Wandel." . . "Economische ontwikkeling." . . "Industrie pétrolière Politique publique Koweït." . . "FOREIGN POLICY." . . "Koweït." . . . . "KUWAIT." . .