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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Online Access: Full Text (via Taylor & Francis)
Main Author: Elsheshtawy, Yasser
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 2010.
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.