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Keepers of the Golden Shore : a history of the United Arab Emirates / Michael Quentin Morton.
LIBRA DS247.T88 M682 2016
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Morton, Michael Quentin, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- History.
- United Arab Emirates--History.
- United Arab Emirates.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 238 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London : Reaktion Books, 2016.
- Contents:
- 1 Desert, Sea and Mountain: Southeast Arabia in Prehistory 9
- 2 Emergence: Greater Oman, the Arabian Gulf and the Bani Yas, AD 630-1909 28
- 3 A Maritime Kind: The Qawasim, the British and the Trucial Coast, 1718-1906 54
- 4 Jewels of the Sea: The Rise and Fall of the Pearling Industry, 1508-1949 75
- 5 Something in the Air: Dubai and the Northern Sheikhdoms, 1901-39 95
- 6 The Hungry Years: The Trucial Coast in the Second World War, 1939-45 116
- 7 Sweet Crude: Abu Dhabi and the Discovery of Oil, 1909-71 130
- 8 Blueprint for a Nation: The Trucial States, 1945-68 151
- 9 Divided We Stand: Unification and Beyond, 1964-80 178
- 10 Only One Tribe: The United Arab Emirates, 1980-Present Day 200.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 226-232) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781780235806
- 1780235801
- OCLC:
- 919482951
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