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Keepers of the golden shore : a history of the United Arab Emirates /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Morton, Michael Quentin (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London, UK : Reaktion Books Ltd, 2016.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Desert, sea and mountain : southeast Arabia in prehistory
  • Emergence : Greater Oman, the Arabian Gulf and the Bani Yas, AD 630-1909
  • A maritime kind : the Qawasim, the British and the Trucial Coast, 1718-1906
  • Jewels of the sea : the rise and fall of the pearling industry, 1508-1949
  • Something in the air : Dubai and the northern sheikhdoms, 1901-39
  • The hungry years : the Trucial Coast in the Second World War, 1939-45
  • Sweet crude : Abu Dhabi and the discovery of oil, 1909-71
  • Blueprint for a nation : the Trucial states, 1945-68
  • Divided we stand : unification and beyond, 1964-80
  • Only one tribe : the United Arab Emirates, 1980-present day.