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Michael Quentin Morton Keepers of the Golden Shore (Hardback) (UK IMPORT)
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- Book Title
- Keepers of the Golden Shore
- Title
- Keepers of the Golden Shore
- Subtitle
- A History of the United Arab Emirates
- EAN
- 9781780235806
- ISBN
- 9781780235806
- Genre
- History
- Release Date
- 02/01/2016
- Release Year
- 2016
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- GB
- Subject Area
- History
- Publication Name
- Keepers of the Golden Shore : a History of the United Arab Emirates
- Item Length
- 9 in
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books, The Limited
- Subject
- General, Middle East / Arabian Peninsula
- Publication Year
- 2016
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1 in
- Item Width
- 6 in
- Item Weight
- 18.1 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 256 Pages
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For those who come to the United Arab Emirates, staying in luxurious air-conditioned hotels and visiting ultra-modern shopping malls, the country appears an enigma, a glass and concrete fabrication that seems to have sprung from the desert overnight. Keepers of the Golden Shore looks behind the glossy facade, tracing the history of the region from its beginnings in nomadic tribes to the affluent society of today, casting a new and revealing light on a much-misunderstood land. On 2 December 1971, the United Arab Emirates was born; Great Britain signed a Treaty of Friendship marking the end of its presence in the region. Many thought it was doomed to fail, and yet nothing can be taken for granted in this land of mirages and hidden treasures. Across the spread of its deserts, mountains, islands and seas, the UAE has a rich and diverse history.From ancient people who emerged from the desert to settle there, through many invasions and wars, myths of piracy and the allure of pearls, to the arrival of oilmen drilling beneath the dunes in the stifling heat, Keepers of the Golden Shore tells the extraordinary story of how the Emirates evolved from an impoverished tribal society to become one of the richest countries on Earth today.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Reaktion Books, The Limited
ISBN-10
1780235801
ISBN-13
9781780235806
eBay Product ID (ePID)
217089357
Product Key Features
Publication Name
Keepers of the Golden Shore : a History of the United Arab Emirates
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Subject
General, Middle East / Arabian Peninsula
Publication Year
2016
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
History
Number of Pages
256 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9 in
Item Height
1 in
Item Width
6 in
Item Weight
18.1 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Ds247.T8
Reviews
Keepers of the Golden Shore , Morton's fifth book about the Arabian Peninsula and Persian Gulf and one explicitly intended for expatriate readers, provides those newly arrived in the region with a readable, enjoyable introduction to the states and their history. . . . Morton's work is an important step in integrating eastern Arabia into broader historical narratives of the Middle East, which frequently view the rise of Arab identities and states through the lens of the Levant and the Arab republics while ignoring or segregating the rise of oil monarchies. . . . A welcome addition to scholarship on the United Arab Emirates, not least because of Morton's personal experiences in and respect for the country and its people. He resists the tendency to paint an overly rosy picture of British friendship and 'protection' of the region, which dominates the archives and some of the scholarship on the Persian Gulf, while also recognizing and accounting for the personalities, feuds, and limitations of ruling shaykhs. The end result is an excellent introduction to the subject., This excellent and readable book, with a wealth of illustrations, begins by charting the early tribal history of the coast and its extensive trading relationships., "Morton offers us a comprehensive history of the United Arab Emirates from the earliest times to the present. It is an enthralling tale, told with verve and clarity, and covers the emergence of Greater Oman after the coming of Islam, the rise and fall of the pearling industry, the hungry years of the Second World War, and the discovery of oil. Evocative illustrations remind us that this is living history in the sense that much of the history is relevant to the life of the UAE today, particularly relationships within the emirates and the state's relations with Iran and Saudi Arabia." -, Keepers of the Golden Shore covers the country from prehistory to the present day in less than 250 pages. . . . A welcome, readable, and much-needed starting point for new readers and new arrivals to the UAE who want a better understanding of the people and places around them., Morton, who grew up in the Gulf, writes with calm authority and rational judgment about the often passionate rivalry between the various emirates and their ruling families, several of which engaged in fratricide and other dastardly acts. . . . For anyone who wants to understand from where what is now the UAE emerged and how that happened this is a most useful and readable account.
Table of Content
Preface 1. Desert, Sea and Mountain: Southeast Arabia in Prehistory 2. Emergence: Greater Oman, the Arabian Gulf and the Bani Yas, AD 630-1909 3. A Maritime Kind: The Qawasim, the British and the Trucial Coast, 1718-1906 4. Jewels of the Sea: The Rise and Fall of the Pearling Industry, 1508-1949 5. Something in the Air: Dubai and the Northern Sheikdoms, 1901-39 6. The Hungry Years: The Trucial Coast in the Second World War, 1939-45 7. Sweet Crude: Abu Dhabi and the Discovery of Oil 8. Blueprint for a Nation: The Trucial States, 1945-68 9. Divided We Stand: Unification and Beyond, 1964-80 10. Only One Tribe: The United Arab Emirates, 1980-Present Day
Copyright Date
2016
Target Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Dewey Decimal
953.57
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes
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