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Small folio (215 x 305 mm). XXIV, 218 pp. Original full cloth with the original dustjacket. First edition. Comprehensive study of the accumulation and allocation of oil revenues in the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Bahrain, and Qatar prior to 1970. Based on the author's 1974 doctoral dissertation at the University of Durham, reflecting on the impact of oil revenues on the development of the Gulf states, calling for a more comprehensive strategy of economic development as "the only way the Emirates can harmonize their policies and direct their society's scarce resources, of which human resources and oil wealth are the most important so as to improve developmen prospects and call into action forces capable of sustaining growth" (p. 202). - Published simultaneously by Westview Press in Boulder, Colorado. - In excellent condition. - Deaccessioned from the House of Commons Library, London, with their bookplate to pastedown; shelfmarks to flyleaf and binding. - OCLC 4464720.