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Author Al-Nakib, Farah, 1979- author.

Title Kuwait transformed : a history of oil and urban life / Farah Al-Nakib.

Publication Info. Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2016]
2016

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description 1 online resource (297 pages) : illustrations, map
text rdacontent
computer rdamedia
online resource rdacarrier
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Pre-oil urbanism -- Port city life -- A cosmopolitan community -- Oil-era modernization -- The move to the suburbs -- The privatization of urban life -- The de-urbanization of society -- The right to the city.
Note Description based on print version record.
Subject City and town life -- Kuwait -- Kuwait -- History.
Urbanization -- Kuwait -- Kuwait -- History.
Kuwait (Kuwait) -- Economic conditions.
Kuwait (Kuwait) -- Social conditions.
Kuwait (Kuwait) -- History.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Al-Nakib, Farah. Kuwait transformed : a history of oil and urban life. Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2016] 9780804798525
ISBN 9780804796392 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780804798525 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780804798570 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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