The New Arab Urban: Gulf Cities of Wealth, Ambition, and Distress 1479880019, 9781479880010

Cities of the Arabian Peninsula reveal contradictions of contemporary urbanization The fast-growing cities of the Persi

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The New Arab Urban: Gulf Cities of Wealth, Ambition, and Distress
1479880019, 9781479880010

In the 1970s, one of the most torrid and forbidding regions in the world burst on to the international stage. The discov

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Christopher Kennedy illuminates how geography, technology, and especially the infrastructure of urban economies allow ci

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The Huthi rebels in Yemen are a resistance movement going back decades. Their revolution against Yemeni President Ali Ab

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Unveiling the multiplicity of factors producing urbanism in the fast-growing region of the Gulf, this book provides an i

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As the world becomes more interconnected through travel and electronic communication, many believe that physical places

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Goes beyond popular stereotypes to reveal the complex—and changing—political, social, and economic dynamics at play in t

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Despite their small populations, the Arab states of the Gulf exercise an enormous and global influence. In most academic

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Using four Gulf sovereign wealth funds as case studies - Iran, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and the UAE - this book examines and

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