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Somewhere in the course of the late twentieth century, Dubai became more than itself. The city was, suddenly, a postmodern urban spectacle rising from the desert--precisely the glittering global consumer utopia imagined by Dubai's rulers and merchant elite. In "Dubai, the City as Corporati...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kanna, Ahmed (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, ©2011.
Temas:
Cities and towns > United Arab Emirates > Dubai.
Cities and towns > Growth.
Cities and towns > Social aspects > United Arab Emirates > Dubai.
Rural development > United Arab Emirates > Dubai.
Villes > Croissance.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > Urban.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
Cities and towns
Cities and towns > Growth
Cities and towns > Social aspects
Rural development
Stadtforschung
Stadtplanung
Megastadt
Neoliberalismus
Erdölindustrie
Ethnizität
Stadtentwicklung.
Arbeitnehmer > Migration.
United Arab Emirates > Dubai
Vereinigte Arabische Emirate
Dubai
Dubai.
Vereinigte Arabische Emirate.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : Dubai Contexts and Contestations
  • State, Citizen, and Foreigner in Dubai
  • "Going South" with the Starchitects : Urbanist Ideology in the Emirati City
  • The Vanished Village : Nostalgic and Nationalist Critiques of the New Dubai
  • The City-Corporation : Young Professionals and the Limits of the Neoliberal Response
  • Indian Ocean Dubai : The Identity Politics of South Asian Immigrants
  • Conclusion : Politicizing Dubai Space.

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