City of gold: Dubai and the dream of capitalism
From the Publisher: The city of Dubai, one of the seven United Arab Emirates, is everything the Arab world isn't: a freewheeling capitalist oasis where the market rules and history is swept aside. Until the credit crunch knocked it flat, Dubai was the fastest-growing city in the world, with a r...
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| Zusammenfassung: | From the Publisher: The city of Dubai, one of the seven United Arab Emirates, is everything the Arab world isn't: a freewheeling capitalist oasis where the market rules and history is swept aside. Until the credit crunch knocked it flat, Dubai was the fastest-growing city in the world, with a roaring economy that outpaced China's while luring more tourists than all of India. It's one of the world's safest places, a stone's throw from its most dangerous. In City of Gold, Jim Krane, who reported for the AP from Dubai, brings us a boots-on-the-ground look at this fascinating place by walking its streets, talking to its business titans, its prostitutes, and the hard-bitten men who built its fanciful skyline. He delves into the city's history, paints an intimate portrait of the ruling Maktoum family, and ponders where the city is headed. Dubai literally came out of nowhere. It was a poor and dusty village in the 1960s Now it's been transformed into the quintessential metropolis of the future through the vision of clever sheikhs, Western capitalists, and a river of investor money that poured in from around the globe. What has emerged is a tolerant and cosmopolitan city awash in architectural landmarks, luxury resorts, and Disneyfied kitsch. It's at once home to America's most prestigious companies and universities and a magnet for the Middle East's intelligentsia. Dubai's dream of capitalism has also created a deeply stratified city that is one of the world's worst polluters. Wild growth has clogged its streets and left its citizens a tiny minority in a sea of foreigners. Jim Krane considers all of this and casts a critical eye on the toll that the global economic downturn has taken on a place that many tout as a blueprint for a more stable Middle East While many think Dubai's glory days have passed, insiders like Jim Krane who got to know the city and its creators firsthand realize there's much more to come in the City of Gold, a place that, in just a few years, has made itself known to nearly every person on earth |
| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Beschreibung: | VIII, 356 S. Ill., Kt. |
| ISBN: | 9780312535742 |
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| adam_text | CONTENTS
Foreword
vii
Parti:
Dubai Stirs
1
1
The Sands of Time
3
2
A Free Port Grows in the Desert
21
3
Oil, Slaves, and Rebellion
39
Part II: Dubai Emerges
63
4
It s Sheikh Rashid s World—We Just Live in It
65
5
The Road to Dominance
81
6
Sprinting the Marathon
103
7
Almost Famous
135
8
Spreading Out and Going Up
151
9
Diamonds, Dubai, and Israel
167
10
Sheikh Mohammed: Born to Rule
177
Partili: Blowback:
The Downside
197
11
Labor Pains
199
12
Sex and Slavery
213
vi
I CONTENTS
13
The Air-Conditioned Nightmare
223
14
The Lawless Roads
233
Part IV: Dubai s Challenge
251
15
Danger Ahead
253
16
Democracy and Terrorism
271
17
Stuck Between America and Iran
283
18
The Meaning of Dubai
297
Epilogue: Dubai, February
2009 315
Acknowledgments
319
Notes
321
Index
345
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