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Mahdavi, Pardis, 1978-

Gridlock : labor, migration, and human trafficking in Dubai / Pardis Mahdavi. - Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2011], ©2011. - 251 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Trafficking trafficking -- Dubai Inc. -- Sex work -- Migration in context -- Labor outside law -- An (un)civil society -- Building towers, building structures -- Building castles in the sand.

ISBN: 9780804772204 0804772207

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Foreign workers--United Arab Emirates--Dubayy (Emirate)
Forced labor--United Arab Emirates--Dubayy (Emirate)
Human trafficking--United Arab Emirates--Dubayy (Emirate)

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Dubayy (United Arab Emirates : Emirate)--Emigration and immigration--Economic aspects.

LC Class. No.: HD8666.Z8 / D836 2011