City of Gold: Dubai and the Dream of Capitalism

By Jim Krane

Book Overview

Dubai is everything the Arab world isn't--a freewheeling capitalist oasis in the desert. Krane looks at the effect of the global economic downturn on a place that many tout as a blueprint for a more stable Middle East.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312535740
• ISBN13: 9780312535742
• Release Date: September 2009
• Publisher: St. Martin's Press
• Length: 356 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.4"