Keepers of the Golden Shore: A History of the United Arab Emirates
Morton, Michael Quentin
From Great Southern Books, King River, WA, Australia
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Quantity: 1From Great Southern Books, King River, WA, Australia
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First impression. Size: Octavo (standard book size). 238 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. No foxing in this copy. Dust Jacket is in very good condition, without tears or chips or other damage. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Library stamps etc only on endpapers, half-title page. This book is available and ready to be shipped. For those who visit the United Arab Emirates (UAE), staying in its the lavish hotels and browsing in the ultra-modern shopping malls of Abu Dhabi or Dubai, the country can be a mystery, a glass and concrete creation that seems to have sprung from the desert overnight. Keepers of the Golden Shore looks behind this glossy façade, illuminating the region's history, which stretches from the ancient Arabian tribes who controlled a desolate but economically important shoreline to the ostentatious architectural wonders--bankrolled by a massive wealth of oil--that characterize it today. As Michael Quentin Morton recounts, the region now known as the UAE likely began as a trading post between Mesopotamia and Oman, and since that time has been the stage of important economic and cultural exchanges. It has seen the rise and fall of a thriving pearl industry, piracy, invasions and wars, and the arrival of the oil age that would make it one of the richest countries on earth. Since the early 1970s, when seven sheikhs agreed to enter into a union, it has been a sovereign nation, carrying on the resourceful spirit--with resplendent fervor--that the brutally inhospitable landscape has long demanded of the people. Ultimately, Morton shows that the country is not only rich in oil and money but in an extraordinarily deep history and culture. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: History; Middle East; United Arab Emirates; ISBN: . ISBN/EAN: 9781780235806. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 9551. Seller Inventory # 9551
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Title: Keepers of the Golden Shore: A History of ...
Publisher: Reaktion Books Ltd, London
Publication Date: 2016
Binding: Hardcover (Original Cloth)
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
Edition: First Edition.
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