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This dissertation examines Britain's attempt to create and maintain a friendly independent state in South Arabia during the period from 1956 to 1967. After the evacuation from Suez in 1956 the Crown Colony of Aden became the centerpiece for British policy in the Middle East. The…

An important trading center for at least three distinct periods in its long history, and entrepot of the highly visible medieval trade between the Mediterranean and the Indian Ocean, Aden owes much to its strategic geographical location. An exploration of the elements that defin…

The purpose of this dissertation is to use a Foucauldian lens to examine the nature and scope of the many challenges the British faced in southwest Arabia in the wake of the retreating Ottoman Empire at the end of the First World War. The subsequent power vacuum which ensued mea…

Port cities in the Arabian Peninsula along the Bombay/London trade route formed the link between Europe and the colonies on the Indian Ocean. Port cities were the places where the colonial and religious interactions were the most visible. They were the locus of colonial settlers…