Author:
Morton, Michael Quentin.
Imprint:London : Reaktion Books, c2016.
Description238 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Note: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.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.
