Books Details
Author : Mehran Kamrava Pages : 280 pages Publisher : Oxford
University Press, USA Language : ISBN-10 : 0190499370 ISBN-13 :
9780190499372
Books Descriptions
The Persian Gulf region has become home to some of the world's
fastest growing, most impressive cities, many of them with
global aspirations. Gateways to the World presents an in-depth,
systematic, and multi-disciplinary approach to the study of
these cities. It begins with a broader look at how the
emergence and significance of cities along the Persian Gulf
waterway should be contextualized. It then moves to historical
examinations of the emergence of national borders and
boundaries, how they became 'port cities' of various kinds,
what are the semantics of studying them, and what the
glittering skylines and cityscapes and their remaining
traditional neighborhoods mean for the international political
economy and for the identity of their residents. Alongside such
aspiring global cities as Doha, Abu Dhabi and Dubai there are
port cities that appear to have their best days behind them,
and others that have largely retained their traditional
fabrics. This book presents a comprehensive
