Barely forty years ago, Abu Dhabi was a fishing village on the Arabian Gulf. Now the capital of the United Arab Emirates, its citizens are each worth $17 million, it holds major stakes in Western economies, and has money to burn.
In this timely, revealing and evocative portrait of a global player, Jo Tatchell traces the emirate's dramatic development and the sometimes ruinous effect of extreme wealth on its people and their desert culture. And as its rulers fund another giant leap forward, she probes behind the official facade to examine whether this secretive and controlled society can realise its breathtaking plans to transform relations between East and West.
| ISBN: | 9780340953402 |
| Publication date: | 18th February 2010 |
| Author: | Jo Tatchell |
| Publisher: | Sceptre an imprint of Hodder & Stoughton |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 293 pages |
| Genres: |
Society and culture: general Sociology and anthropology Economics Industry and industrial studies Travel |
Barely forty years ago, Abu Dhabi was a fishing village on the Arabian Gulf. Now the capital of the United Arab Emirates, its citizens are each worth $17 million, it holds major stakes in Western economies, and has money to burn.
In this timely, revealing and evocative portrait of a global player, Jo Tatchell traces the emirate's dramatic development and the sometimes ruinous effect of extreme wealth on its people and their desert culture. And as its rulers fund another giant leap forward, she probes behind the official facade to examine whether this secretive and controlled society can realise its breathtaking plans to transform relations between East and West.
A Diamond in the Desert features in the following genres: Society and culture: general, Sociology and anthropology, Economics, Industry and industrial studies, Travel
A Diamond in the Desert is available in Paperback
A Diamond in the Desert was written by Jo Tatchell and published by Sceptre an imprint of Hodder & Stoughton
A Diamond in the Desert has 293 pages