TY  - BOOK
AU  - Morton,Michael Quentin
TI  - Keepers of the golden shore: a history of the United Arab Emirates 
SN  - 9781780235806
AV  - DS247.T88 M682 2016
U1  - 953.57 23
PY  - 2016///
CY  - London, UK
PB  - Reaktion Books Ltd
KW  - United Arab Emirates
KW  - History
KW  - fast
N1  - 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
ER  -