City of Gold: Dubai
A trading port turned capitalist experiment at impossible speed, and the bill that came due.
Jim Krane’s history of Dubai traces its transformation from a small trading port into a capitalist experiment built at extraordinary speed, and is clear-eyed about the costs: the migrant labour, the debt, and the vulnerability exposed when the credit crunch arrived. A portrait of a city deliberately constructed as an exception to its region.
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Derek Sivers
So well-written! Absolutely fascinating history of Dubai. An exciting page-turner. It gave me so much admiration for the city and its visionaries.
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