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Known as the 'Gate to Mecca' or 'Bride of the Red Sea', Jeddah has been a gateway for pilgrims travelling to Mecca and Medina and a station for international trade routes between the Indian Ocean and the Mediterranean for centuries. Seen from the perspective of its diverse population, this first biography of Jeddah traces the city's urban history and cosmopolitanism from the late Ottoman period to its present-day claim to multiculturalism, within the conservative environment of the Arabian Peninsula. Contextualising Jeddah with developments in the wider Muslim world, Ulrike Freitag investigates how different groups of migrants interacted in a changing urban space and how their economic activities influenced the political framework of the city. Richly illustrated, this study reveals how the transformation of Jeddah's urban space, population and politics has been indicative of changes in the wider Arab and Red Sea region, re-evaluating its place in the Middle East at a time when both its cosmopolitan practices and old city are changing dramatically against a backdrop of modernisation and Saudi nation-building.

Sociology, Urban --- Local government --- Local administration --- Township government --- Subnational governments --- Administrative and political divisions --- Decentralization in government --- Public administration --- Urban sociology --- Cities and towns --- Jiddah (Saudi Arabia) --- Jedda (Saudi Arabia) --- Jeddah (Saudi Arabia) --- Djuddah (Saudi Arabia) --- Djeddah (Saudi Arabia) --- Judda (Saudi Arabia) --- Juddah (Saudi Arabia) --- Jidda (Saudi Arabia) --- Jaddah (Saudi Arabia) --- Djidda (Saudi Arabia) --- Guddat (Saudi Arabia) --- Jiddah (Hejaz (Kingdom) --- جدة (Saudi Arabia) --- History --- Social conditions --- Economic conditions --- Emigration and immigration.

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"Jeddah was characterised bv a cosmopolitan population, resulting from the city's close connection to maritime trade and its function as the port of Mecca, the holymost city of Islam. Locally, this was conceptualised as the responsibility of hospitality for the guests of God. The study traces different groups of migrants and follows their integration into the city's evolving urban fabric from the late Ottoman to early Saudi period. Its focus are the social, professional and religious institutions ordering life in the city and allowing newcomers to establish themselves. With increasing Western attempts to control the pilgrimage and establish their influence, the Ottoman authorities tightened immigration rules. However, only Saudi Arabian modernisation and large scale labour immigration fundamentally altered the immigration regime. The clear boundaries between nationals and foreigners increasingly limited possibilities for social integration. This notwithstanding, the history of hospitality, in connection with the urban space of old Jeddah, has become a key component of local pride and identity"--

Conditions sociales --- Conditions économiques --- Economic history. --- Emigration and immigration. --- Lebensbedingungen. --- Local government --- Local government. --- Pèlerinages musulmans --- Social conditions. --- Sociology, Urban --- Sociology, Urban. --- Soziale Situation. --- Stadtsoziologie. --- Wirtschaftliche Lage. --- Émigration et immigration --- Histoire --- Gemeindeverwaltung. --- 1800-1999. --- Dschidda. --- Jiddah (Saudi Arabia) --- Saudi Arabia --- Saudi-Arabien. --- Economic conditions --- History --- Social conditions

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Covering a period from the late eighteenth century to today, this volume explores the phenomenon of urban violence in order to unveil general developments and historical specificities in a variety of Middle Eastern contexts. By situating incidents in particular processes and conflicts, the case studies seek to counter notions of a violent Middle East in order to foster a new understanding of violence beyond that of a meaningless and destructive social and political act. Contributions explore processes sparked by the transition from empires - Ottoman and Qajar, but also European - to the forma

Urban violence --- Sociology, Urban --- City and town life --- Community life --- Political culture --- Petroleum industry and trade --- Social change --- History. --- Social aspects --- Middle East --- Social conditions. --- Politics and government. --- Colonial influence. --- 18th century. --- big oil. --- cairo. --- changing cityscape. --- city life. --- cityscapes. --- contemporary politics. --- current politics. --- diplomacy. --- fossil fuel. --- historical. --- history. --- middle eastern history. --- middle eastern politics. --- nation states. --- oil industry. --- ottoman empire. --- political science. --- qajar. --- revolutionaries. --- sociology. --- textbook. --- understanding violence. --- urban violence. --- violence. --- war and insurgencies. --- wartime.

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Der Band vermittelt einen facettenreichen Eindruck der vielfältigen Veränderungsprozesse im gegenwärtigen Saudi-Arabien. Das Land spielt aufgrund seines enormen Ölreichtums sowie seines zunehmenden regionalen Gewichts eine immer bedeutendere Rolle auf der politischen Weltkarte. Doch Schlagworte wie Reichtum, Repression und religiöser Extremismus bestimmen nach wie vor das Bild des Königreichs in der Öffentlichkeit. Dynamische Diskussionen, die momentan innerhalb der saudischen Gesellschaft geführt werden, bleiben häufig unberücksichtigt. Die einzelnen Beiträge in diesem Buch befassen sich mit den jüngsten Veränderungen in Politik, Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft, die zwischen tiefgreifendem Wandel und autokratischer Modernisierung oszillieren.

Saudi Arabia --- Saudi Arabia --- Saudi Arabia --- Politics and government --- Social conditions --- Intellectual life

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This volume discusses globalising processes from the perspective of the humanities and social sciences. It focuses on the ‘global south’, notably the Middle East, Asia, and Africa. Densely researched case studies examine a variety of approaches for their potential to understand connecting processes on different scales. The studies seek to overcome the main traps of the ‘globalisation’ paradigm, such as its occidental bias, its notion of linear expansion, its simplifying dichotomy between ‘local’ and ‘global’, and an often-found lack of historical depth. They elaborate the asymmetries, mobilities, opportunities and barriers involved in globalising processes. Their new perspective on these processes is captured by the concept of ‘translocality’, which aims at integrating a variety of theoretical and methodological approaches from different disciplines.

Emigration and immigration --- Social aspects. --- Africa --- Asia --- Middle East --- Asia, South West --- Asia, Southwest --- Asia, West --- Asia, Western --- East (Middle East) --- Eastern Mediterranean --- Fertile Crescent --- Levant --- Mediterranean Region, Eastern --- Mideast --- Near East --- Northern Tier (Middle East) --- South West Asia --- Southwest Asia --- West Asia --- Western Asia --- Orient --- Asian and Pacific Council countries --- Eastern Hemisphere --- Eurasia --- #SBIB:39A6 --- Social aspects --- Etniciteit / Migratiebeleid en -problemen