"This project examines how Saudi Arabian officials and economic elites used state archives, historical preservation, and urban redevelopment to consolidate power after the Gulf War. It shows how the Saudi regime attempted to shift the terrain of domestic opposition from the political to the historical and from the streets to institutions, transforming the nation's landscape into a revenue-generating asset"-- Provided by publisher.

The archive question -- Occluded pasts -- A state with no archive -- Assembling history-- Heritage as war -- Bulldozing the past -- The violence of history.