Archive Wars · the Politics of History in Saudi Arabia
- Authors
- Bsheer, Rosie
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Tags
- world , middle east , political science , middle eastern , history , arabian peninsula , social science , islamic studies
- ISBN
- 9781503605183
- Date
- 2020-08-25T00:00:00+00:00
- Size
- 1.30 MB
- Lang
- en
"This project examines how Saudi Arabian officials and economic elites used state archives, historical preservation, and urban redevelopment to consolidate power after the Gulf War. It shows how the Saudi regime attempted to shift the terrain of domestic opposition from the political to the historical and from the streets to institutions, transforming the nation's landscape into a revenue-generating asset"--