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245	0	0	_aGateways to the world : _bport cities in the Persian Gulf / _cMehran Kamrava, editor.
260			_a[Doha] : _aLondon : _bGeorgetown University Qatar, Center for International and Regional Studies ; _bHurst & Company, _c2016.
300			_axv, 282 p. : _bill., maps ; _c22 cm.
520			_a"The Persian Gulf region has become home to some of the world's fastest growing, most impressive cities, many of them with global aspirations. Gateways to the World: The Rise and Fall of Port Cities in the Persian Gulf presents an in-depth, systematic, and multi-disciplinary approach to the study of these cities. It begins with a broader look at how the emergence and significance of cities along the Persian Gulf waterway should be contextualized. It then moves to historical examinations of the emergence of national borders and boundaries, how they became 'port cities' of various kinds, what are the semantics of studying them, and what the glittering skylines and cityscapes and their remaining traditional neighborhoods mean for the international political economy and for the identity of their residents. Alongside such aspiring global cities as Doha, Abu Dhabi, and Dubai there are port cities that appear to have their best days behind them, and others that have largely retained their traditional fabrics.0This book presents a comprehensive, and much-needed, study of the nature and variety, the importance, and the domestic and international consequences of port cities along the Persian Gulf."-Front cover flap.
650		0	_aPort cities _zArabian Peninsula. _9607
650		0	_aCities and towns _zArabian Peninsula. _9608
700	1		_aKamrava, Mehran, _d1964- _9609
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