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Dubai: Gilded Cage
Syed Ali
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Description for Dubai: Gilded Cage
Paperback. In less than two decades, Dubai has transformed itself from an obscure Gulf emirate into a global centre for business, tourism, and luxury living. It is a case study in light-speed urban development, hyperconsumerism, massive immigration, and vertiginous inequality. This work analyzes how and at what cost Dubai has achieved such success. Num Pages: 288 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBX; 1FBXU; HBJF; JPV; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 158 x 19. Weight in Grams: 400.
In less than two decades, Dubai has transformed itself from an obscure Gulf emirate into a global center for business, tourism, and luxury living. It is a fascinating case study in light-speed urban development, hyperconsumerism, massive immigration, and vertiginous inequality. Its rulers have succeeded in making Dubai into a worldwide brand, publicizing its astonishing hotels and leisure opportunities while at the same time successfully downplaying its complex policies towards guest workers and suppression of dissent.
In this enormously readable book, Syed Ali delves beneath the dazzling surface to analyze how—and at what cost—Dubai has achieved such success. Ali brings alive ... Read more
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Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Yale University Press
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Number of Pages
360
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780300152173
SKU
V9780300152173
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50
About Syed Ali
Syed Ali currently teaches at Long Island University, Brooklyn, NY.
Reviews for Dubai: Gilded Cage
"At last, a comprehensive expose of the economic and sexual exploitation that erected this utopia of greed. Syed Ali has seen the future in Dubai and it doesn't work." - Mike Davis, author of Planet of Slums
Mike Davis Click here to visit the author's website.
http://myweb.brooklyn.liu.edu/sfali/Book.html
Mike Davis Click here to visit the author's website.
http://myweb.brooklyn.liu.edu/sfali/Book.html