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Author Ali, Syed, 1968- author.

Title Dubai : gilded cage / Syed Ali
Published New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, ©2010
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Description 1 online resource (xv, 240 pages) : map
Contents The roots of Dubai -- Becoming a global brand -- Iron chains -- Living in 'fly-by' Dubai -- Guests in their own homes -- Strangers in their own land -- This is the future?
Summary In the last 20 years, Dubai has transformed itself from an obscure Gulf emirate into a global centre for business, tourism and luxury living. This book analyses how - and at what cost - Dubai has achieved such success
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL
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Subject Foreign workers -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United Arab Emirates -- Dubayy (Emirate)
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
Economic history
Emigration and immigration -- Economic aspects
Foreign workers -- Legal status, laws, etc.
Politics and government
Ausländischer Arbeitnehmer
Rechtsstellung
Wirtschaftliche Lage
Einwanderungspolitik
Wirtschaftspolitik
SUBJECT Dubayy (United Arab Emirates : Emirate) -- History
Dubayy (United Arab Emirates : Emirate) -- Economic conditions
Dubayy (United Arab Emirates : Emirate) -- Politics and government
United Arab Emirates -- Emigration and immigration -- Economic aspects
Subject United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates -- Dubayy (Emirate)
Dubai
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780300168167
0300168160