Dubai [electronic resource] : behind an urban spectacle / Yasser Elsheshtawy.
This book explores Dubai's history from its beginnings as a small fishing village to its place on the world stage today, using historical narratives, travel descriptions, novels and fictional accounts by local writers to bring colour to€the history of the city's urban development. With cas...
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Language: | English |
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London ; New York :
Routledge,
2010.
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Series: | Planning, history, and the environment series.
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Table of Contents:
- The emerging urbanity of Dubai
- Arab cities and globalization
- The other Dubai : a photo essay
- The illusive history of Dubai
- The transformation of Dubai or towards the age of megastructures
- Spectacular architecture and urbanism
- The spectacular and the everyday : Dubai's retail landscape
- Transient city : Dubai's forgotten urban spaces
- Global Dubai or Dubaization.