Dubai: Behind an Urban Spectacle

Nonfiction, Art & Architecture, Architecture, Landscape, History, Asian, Asia, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Anthropology
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Author: Yasser Elsheshtawy ISBN: 9781135261184
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Publication: September 10, 2009
Imprint: Routledge Language: English
Author: Yasser Elsheshtawy
ISBN: 9781135261184
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Publication: September 10, 2009
Imprint: Routledge
Language: English

Yasser Elsheshtawy 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 his history of the city’s urban development.

With the help of case studies and surveys this book explores the economic and political forces driving Dubai’s urban growth, its changing urbanity and its place within the global city network. Uniquely, it looks beyond the glamour of Dubai’s mega-projects, and provides an in-depth exploration of a select set of spaces which reveal the city’s ‘inner life’.

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Yasser Elsheshtawy 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 his history of the city’s urban development.

With the help of case studies and surveys this book explores the economic and political forces driving Dubai’s urban growth, its changing urbanity and its place within the global city network. Uniquely, it looks beyond the glamour of Dubai’s mega-projects, and provides an in-depth exploration of a select set of spaces which reveal the city’s ‘inner life’.

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