In the time of oil piety, memory, and social life in an Omani town - Limbert, Mandana E. (Stanford University Press, 2010)
Includes bibliographical references and index
In the dreamtime of oil : wealth and development in an anomalous time -- - Now, the police only drive : remembering rule and disorder in Bahla -- - In the eye of the neighbor, there is fire : hazards and histories of sociality -- - Circles of knowledge : religious learning, pious pasts, and alternative sociality -- - Senses of water : nostalgia, private ownership, and bodily privacy -- - Becoming Bahlawi : race, genealogy, and the politics of Arabness -- - Perhaps he has a son : succession, depletion, and the uncertain future