LEADER 03638nam 2200697 a 450 001 9910779137703321 005 20230725060529.0 010 $a0-300-16816-0 024 7 $a10.12987/9780300168167 035 $a(CKB)2550000000104951 035 $a(StDuBDS)AH24486204 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000720450 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11417918 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000720450 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10668412 035 $a(PQKB)10126560 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3420892 035 $a(DE-B1597)485782 035 $a(OCoLC)1024008993 035 $a(OCoLC)1029816983 035 $a(OCoLC)1032690535 035 $a(OCoLC)1037981712 035 $a(OCoLC)1041990678 035 $a(OCoLC)1046604265 035 $a(OCoLC)1046997873 035 $a(OCoLC)1049611122 035 $a(OCoLC)1054876046 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780300168167 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3420892 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10579291 035 $a(OCoLC)923598752 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000104951 100 $a20091026d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aDubai$b[electronic resource] $egilded cage /$fSyed Ali 210 $aNew Haven [Conn.] $cYale University Press$dc2010 215 $a1 online resource (360 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-300-15217-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tCONTENTS -- $tPREFACE -- $tINTRODUCTION -- $tCHAPTER ONE THE ROOTS OF DUBAI -- $tCHAPTER TWO BECOMING A GLOBAL BRAND -- $tCHAPTER THREE IRON CHAINS -- $tCHAPTER FOUR LIVING IN 'FLY-BY' DUBAI -- $tCHAPTER FIVE GUESTS IN THEIR OWN HOMES -- $tCHAPTER SIX STRANGERS IN THEIR OWN LAND -- $tCHAPTER SEVEN THIS IS THE FUTURE? -- $tNOTES -- $tSELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY -- $tINDEX 330 $aIn less than two decades, Dubai has transformed itself from an obscure Gulf emirate into a global center for business, tourism, and luxury living. It is a fascinating case study in light-speed urban development, hyperconsumerism, massive immigration, and vertiginous inequality. Its rulers have succeeded in making Dubai into a worldwide brand, publicizing its astonishing hotels and leisure opportunities while at the same time successfully downplaying its complex policies towards guest workers and suppression of dissent.In this enormously readable book, Syed Ali delves beneath the dazzling surface to analyze how-and at what cost-Dubai has achieved such success. Ali brings alive a society rigidly divided between expatriate Westerners living self-indulgent lifestyles on short-term work visas, native Emiratis who are largely passive observers and beneficiaries of what Dubai has become, and workers from the developing world who provide the manual labor and domestic service needed to keep the emirate running, often at great personal cost. 606 $aForeign workers$xLegal status, laws, etc$zUnited Arab Emirates$zDubayy (Emirate) 607 $aDubayy (United Arab Emirates : Emirate)$xHistory 607 $aDubayy (United Arab Emirates : Emirate)$xEconomic conditions 607 $aDubayy (United Arab Emirates : Emirate)$xPolitics and government 607 $aUnited Arab Emirates$xEmigration and immigration$xEconomic aspects 615 0$aForeign workers$xLegal status, laws, etc. 676 $a953.57 700 $aAli$b Syed$0969217 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910779137703321 996 $aDubai$93787264 997 $aUNINA