Dubai, the city as corporation /
Kanna, Ahmed.
Dubai, the city as corporation / Ahmed Kanna. - Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2011. - xiii, 262 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : Dubai Contexts and Contestations -- State, Citizen, and Foreigner in Dubai -- "Going South" with the Starchitects : Urbanist Ideology in the Emirati City -- The Vanished Village : Nostalgic and Nationalist Critiques of the New Dubai -- The City-Corporation : Young Professionals and the Limits of the Neoliberal Response -- Indian Ocean Dubai : The Identity Politics of South Asian Immigrants -- Conclusion : Politicizing Dubai Space.
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Cities and towns--United Arab Emirates--Dubai.
Cities and towns--Growth.
Cities and towns--Social aspects--United Arab Emirates--Dubai.
Rural development--United Arab Emirates--Dubai.
HT147.5 / .K36 2011
Dubai, the city as corporation / Ahmed Kanna. - Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2011. - xiii, 262 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : Dubai Contexts and Contestations -- State, Citizen, and Foreigner in Dubai -- "Going South" with the Starchitects : Urbanist Ideology in the Emirati City -- The Vanished Village : Nostalgic and Nationalist Critiques of the New Dubai -- The City-Corporation : Young Professionals and the Limits of the Neoliberal Response -- Indian Ocean Dubai : The Identity Politics of South Asian Immigrants -- Conclusion : Politicizing Dubai Space.
9780816656301 0816656304 9780816656318 0816656312
Cities and towns--United Arab Emirates--Dubai.
Cities and towns--Growth.
Cities and towns--Social aspects--United Arab Emirates--Dubai.
Rural development--United Arab Emirates--Dubai.
HT147.5 / .K36 2011