Kuwait transformed : a history of oil and urban life
AL-Nakib, Farah
Kuwait transformed : a history of oil and urban life - California Stanford University Press 2016 - xvii,278p.
CONTENTS
Preface ix
Acknowledgements xiii
Note on Transliteration xvi
Introduction 1
1. Pre-Oil Urbanism 21
2. Port City Life 43
3. A Cosmopolitan Community 71
4. Oil-Era Modernization 91
5. The Move to the Suburbs 121
6. The Privatization of Urban Life 149
7. The De-Urbanization of Society 175
8. The Right to the City 199
Notes 225
Glossary of key Terms 253
Bibliography 255
Index 269
9780804798525
307.76 / AL-N
Kuwait transformed : a history of oil and urban life - California Stanford University Press 2016 - xvii,278p.
CONTENTS
Preface ix
Acknowledgements xiii
Note on Transliteration xvi
Introduction 1
1. Pre-Oil Urbanism 21
2. Port City Life 43
3. A Cosmopolitan Community 71
4. Oil-Era Modernization 91
5. The Move to the Suburbs 121
6. The Privatization of Urban Life 149
7. The De-Urbanization of Society 175
8. The Right to the City 199
Notes 225
Glossary of key Terms 253
Bibliography 255
Index 269
9780804798525
307.76 / AL-N