Dubai : behind an urban spectacle / Yasser Elsheshtawy.
By: Elsheshtawy, Yasser.
Publisher: London ; New York (N.Y.) : Routledge, 2010Description: viii, 294 p.: ill. ; 25 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0415832217 (pbk.) :; 9780415832212 (pbk.) :.Subject(s): Urbanization -- United Arab Emirates -- Dubayy (Emirate) -- History | Economic development projects -- United Arab Emirate -- History | City planning -- United Arab Emirates -- Dubayy (Emirate) | Cities and towns -- United Arab Emirates -- Dubayy (Emirate) -- History | Dubai (United Arab Emirates) -- History | Dubai (United Arab Emirates) -- Economic conditions | Dubai (United Arab Emirates) -- Pictorial works | Urbanization -- United Arab Emirates -- Dubai -- HistoryItem type | Current library | Home library | Shelving location | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Books | American University in Dubai | American University in Dubai | UAE Collection | DS 247 .D78 E57 2010 UAE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Cataloging tip: cutters are modi | Available | 5107494 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. The Emerging Urbanity of Dubai 2. Arab Cities and Globalization 3. The Other Dubai: A Photo Essay 4. The Illusive History of Dubai 5. The Transformation of Dubai or Towards the Age of Megastructures 6. Spectacular Architecture and Urbanism 7. The Spectacular and the Everyday: Dubai's Retail Landscape 8. Transient City: Dubai's Forgotten Urban Spaces 9. Global Dubai or Dubaization.
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