Kuwait by the first photographers

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Тематические рубрики

• Art - Art Photography
• Kuwait - History - 20th century
• Kuwait - History - 20th centur - Pictorial works

Аннотация

Kuwait by the First Photographers documents the period between 1900 and 1950, which saw Kuwait's emergence from a vulnerable shaikhdom negotiating a precarious independence amongst neighbouring powers - the British in India and the Gulf, the Ottoman Turks in Mesopotamia, and the central Arabian chieftaincies of Ha'il and Riyadh - to a nation state with the highest per capita income in the world."--BOOK JACKET. "It is an outstanding visual record of a crucial time before the centuries-old way of life, centring on pearling, fishing, boat-building and trade by land and sea, was swept away. Kuwait's people, with no natural resources of their own, not even fresh water, managed by skilful use of their geopolitical position and traditional skills to make Kuwait not only the foremost Arabian port in the Gulf, but also a force to be reckoned with in north-east Arabia."--BOOK JACKET. "The pictures are organised broadly by chronology and photographer. Pictures are captioned in detail, and all picture sources - in the UK, US and Europe - are given, making this an indispensable guide for scholars of the region. The images are introduced by a text setting them in their historical context and tracing the development of photography in the area."--BOOK JACKET.