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050 4 _aDS247.T88
_bM682 2016
082 0 4 _a953.57
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100 1 _aMorton, Michael Quentin,
245 1 0 _aKeepers of the golden shore :
_ba history of the United Arab Emirates /
_cMichael Quentin Morton
264 1 _aLondon, UK :
_bReaktion Books Ltd,
_c2016
264 4 _c©2016
300 _a238 pages :
_billustrations, maps, genealogical tables ;
_c24 cm
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
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_2rdacarrier
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 226-232) and index
505 0 _aDesert, 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
651 0 _aUnited Arab Emirates
_xHistory
655 7 _aHistory.
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