Area Handbook for Saudi Arabia.. Cet article n’est pas disponible.Area Handbook for Saudi Arabia.

FIRST EDITION. 8vo. (23 x 14.5 cm). pp.x+371+[1]. Publisher's original dark green cloth, spine and upper cover lettered in gilt. 8 figures comprising mostly maps and 17 tables. First edition, first printing, of this comprehensive study prepared by Foreign Area Studies (FAS) of the American University and used by the American government to navigate the politics and customs of Saudi Arabia, with an attempt to sketch the general characteristics of the Kingdom. "It is the purpose of this Area Handbook for Saudi Arabia to delineate the basic political, social and economic elements of contemporary Saudi society in order to give the general reader an understanding of the interplay of the complex factors of continuity and change operating in this society. IT has been the intent of the authors to describe the Saudi society as objectively as possible and to avoid as fully as possible the kinds of value judgement which color so much reportage on the country" (preface).