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Paperback • 2010 • English
By Jim Krane
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In the 1950s, Dubai’s population of a few thousand scraped a living in a near waterless desert by picking dates, diving for pearls, or sailing in wooden dhows to trade with Iran and India. The town was as poor as any village in Somalia or the Sudan.Today freewheeling Dubai is everything the rest of the Arab world is not: capitalism on cocaine, Las Vegas without the gambling. Until last year, it was the fastest-growing city in the world, with shimmering skyscrapers hiding gritty 24-hour constru...Show more
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ISBN
9781848870093
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Published year
2010
Language
English
Original title
Dubai The Story of the World's Fastest City
Format
Paperback
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