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ISBN10: 1780235801, ISBN13: 9781780235806, [publisher: Reaktion Books] Softcover The book has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. Some minor wear to the spine. [Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2016]
ISBN10: 1780235801, ISBN13: 9781780235806, [publisher: Reaktion Books] Softcover The book has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. Some minor wear to the spine. [Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2016]
Reaktion Books Ltd, London, Date: 2016. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Very Good. 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 a ...
ISBN10: 1780235801, ISBN13: 9781780235806, [publisher: Reaktion Books Ltd, London] Hardcover First Edition 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 wo ...
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ISBN10: 1780235801, ISBN13: 9781780235806, [publisher: Reaktion Books] Hardcover A new history of the United Arab Emirates, which looks behind the region s glossy facade to cast a revealing light on a much-misunderstood land.For those who visit the UAE today, staying in air-conditioned hotels and shopping in ultra-modern malls, the . [Greven, Germany] [Publication Year: 2016]
ISBN10: 1780235801, ISBN13: 9781780235806, [publisher: Reaktion Books Feb 2016] Hardcover Neuware - A new history of the United Arab Emirates, which looks behind the region's glossy facade to cast a revealing light on a much-misunderstood land. [Einbeck, Germany] [Publication Year: 2016]
ISBN10: 1780235801, ISBN13: 9781780235806, [publisher: Reaktion Books, London] Hardcover Hardcover. Across the spread of its deserts, mountains, islands and seas, the UAE has a rich and diverse history. From ancient people who emerged from the desert to settle there, through many invasions and wars,myths of piracy and the allure of pearls, to the arrival of oilmen drilling beneath the dunes in the stifling heat, Keepers of the Golden Shore tells the extraordinary story of how the Emirates evolved from an impoverished tribal society to become one of the richest countries on Earth today. A new history of the United Arab Emirates, which looks behind the region's glossy facade to cast a revealing light on a much-misunderstood land. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability. [Truganina, VIC, Australia] [Publication Year: 2016]
ISBN10: 1780235801, ISBN13: 9781780235806, [publisher: Reaktion Books] Hardcover A new history of the United Arab Emirates, which looks behind the region's glossy facade to cast a revealing light on a much-misunderstood land. Num Pages: 256 pages, 60 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBXU; HBJF1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. . . 2016. Hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. [Olney, MD, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2016]
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ISBN10: 1780235801, ISBN13: 9781780235806, [publisher: Reaktion Books] Hardcover A new history of the United Arab Emirates, which looks behind the region's glossy facade to cast a revealing light on a much-misunderstood land. Num Pages: 256 pages, 60 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBXU; HBJF1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. . . 2016. Hardcover. . . . . [Galway, GY, Ireland] [Publication Year: 2016]
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