[PDF.46lz] Kuwait Transformed: A History of Oil and Urban Life

Kuwait Transformed: A History of Oil and Urban Life

[PDF.fe46] Kuwait Transformed: A History of Oil and Urban Life

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 | #1094476 in Books |  2016-04-13 |  2016-04-13 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  9.00 x.90 x6.00l,.0 | File type: PDF | 296 pages

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||0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| Excellent insights into oil, urbanization, and state-building in the Arab Gulf|By LBs4Justice|A fascinating and well-written book, and a very welcome addition to the field of urban history of the Middle East, which is normally focused on Cairo, French North Africa, or on the decadence of newer Gulf powers (Dubai and Abu Dhabi). Though Kuwait City was, in many ways, a forerunner| |"Farah Al-Nakib debunks some tenacious myths about modernist urban planning: far from creating a happier, more productive urban environment, it fostered bleak suburbs marked by class, gender, and race segregation. Her superb book is a hymn to everyday Kuwaitis

As the first Gulf city to experience oil urbanization, Kuwait City's transformation in the mid-twentieth century inaugurated a now-familiar regional narrative: a small traditional town of mudbrick courtyard houses and plentiful foot traffic transformed into a modern city with marble-fronted buildings, vast suburbs, and wide highways.

In Kuwait Transformed, Farah Al-Nakib connects the city's past and present, from its settlement in 1716 to the twenty-fir...

You can specify the type of files you want, for your device.Kuwait Transformed: A History of Oil and Urban Life   |  Farah Al-Nakib. A good, fresh read, highly recommended.

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