City of Gold: Dubai and the Dream of Capitalism

by Jim Krane

Book Overview

Award-winning journalist Jim Krane charts the history of Dubai from its earliest days, considers the influence of the family who has ruled it since the nineteenth century, and looks at the effect of the global economic downturn on a place that many tout as a blueprint for a more stable Middle East 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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312655436
• ISBN13: 9780312655433
• Release Date: November 2010
• Publisher: Picador Paper
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 0.83 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.5" x 8.2"