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Keepers of the golden shore : a history of the United Arab Emirates /

Morton, Michael Quentin,

Keepers of the golden shore : a history of the United Arab Emirates / Michael Quentin Morton - 238 pages : illustrations, maps, genealogical tables ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 226-232) and index

Desert, sea and mountain : southeast Arabia in prehistory -- Emergence : Greater Oman, the Arabian Gulf and the Bani Yas, AD 630-1909 -- A maritime kind : the Qawasim, the British and the Trucial Coast, 1718-1906 -- Jewels of the sea : the rise and fall of the pearling industry, 1508-1949 -- Something in the air : Dubai and the northern sheikhdoms, 1901-39 -- The hungry years : the Trucial Coast in the Second World War, 1939-45 -- Sweet crude : Abu Dhabi and the discovery of oil, 1909-71 -- Blueprint for a nation : the Trucial states, 1945-68 -- Divided we stand : unification and beyond, 1964-80 -- Only one tribe : the United Arab Emirates, 1980-present day

9781780235806 1780235801


United Arab Emirates--History


History.

DS247.T88 / M682 2016

953.57

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