Changing rural systems in Oman

"This account of rural development focuses on aspects of change in small-farm and craft industrial systems in northern Oman, with particular reference to the settlement of al-Khabura and neighbouring villages in the central Batina coastal plain." "The volume is essential reading for Omani and Gulf specialists, for rural development practitioners and for students of the processes of change and development and the impact of oil wealth on rural societies."--BOOK JACKET.