Kuwait transformed :

Al-Nakib, Farah, 1979-

Kuwait transformed : a history of oil and urban life / Farah Al-Nakib. - Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2016] - xv, 278 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Pre-oil urbanism -- Port city life -- A cosmopolitan community -- Oil-era modernization -- The move to the suburbs -- The privatization of urban life -- The de-urbanization of society -- The right to the city.

9780804796392 9780804798525


City and town life--History.--Kuwait--Kuwait
Urbanization--History.--Kuwait--Kuwait


Kuwait (Kuwait)--Economic conditions.
Kuwait (Kuwait)--Social conditions.
Kuwait (Kuwait)--History.

HT147.K9 / A46 2016