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HAWAII STATE PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEM
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Krane, Jim.
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Capitalism -- United Arab Emirates -- Dubayy (Emirate)
Dubayy (United Arab Emirates : Emirate) -- History.
Dubayy (United Arab Emirates : Emirate) -- Economic conditions -- 21st century.
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City of gold : Dubai...
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City of gold : Dubai and the dream of capitalism / Jim Krane.
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Krane, Jim.
New York : St. Martin's Press, 2009.
Subjects
Capitalism -- United Arab Emirates -- Dubayy (Emirate)
Dubayy (United Arab Emirates : Emirate) -- History.
Dubayy (United Arab Emirates : Emirate) -- Economic conditions -- 21st century.
ISBN:
9780312535742
0312535740
Description:
viii, 356 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Edition:
1st ed.
Contents:
Dubai stirs. The sands of time ; A free port grows in the desert ; Oil, slaves, and rebellion -- Dubai emerges. It's Sheikh Rashid's world, we just live in it ; The road to dominance ; Sprinting the marathon ; Almost famous ; Spreading out and going up ; Diamonds, Dubai, and Israel ; Sheikh Mohammed : born to rule -- Blowback : the downside. Labor pains ; Sex and slavery ; The air-conditioned nightmare ; The lawless roads -- Dubai's challenge. Danger ahead ; Democracy and terrorism ; Stuck between America and Iran ; The meaning of Dubai -- Epilogue. Dubai, February 2009.
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953.57 Kr
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953.57 Krane
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