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Phoenix Rising: The United Arab Emirates, Past, Present & Future

Door Werner Forman e.a.

Categorie	Midden-Oosten
Boeknummer	#373864-MB13
Titel	Phoenix Rising: The United Arab Emirates, Past, Present & Future
Auteur	Forman, Werner & Michael Asher
Boektype	Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij	London : The Harvill Press
Jaar van uitgave	1996
ISBN10	1860461557
ISBN13	9781860461552
Taal	Engels
Beschrijving	Original black cloth, gilt lettered spine, dust jacket, illustrated with numerous photographs in colour, large 4to.
Samenvatting	Few nations on earth have experienced more complete and far-reaching change over the past few decades than the United Arab Emirates. Today a land of six-lane highways and glittering streams of motorcars, where space-age cities of ivory-white and crystal glass emerge like a mirage from the haze of desert and sea, this federation of seven ancient Emirates - Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah, Ras al-Khaimah, Umm al Qawain, Ajman and Fujairah - is not only the world's fourth largest oil-producer, but also its richest state per head of population, and the new commercial hub of the Middle East. Yet only fifty years ago, when oil-exploration started, there was no electricity, no plumbing or telephone system, not a single public hospital nor modern school, no bridges, no deep-water harbour, no metalled ro... (Lees verder)ads, no more than a handful of cars and scarcely a building more impressive than the crumbling mud-brick forts and watchtowers of Abu Dhabi and Dubai. Where now high-rise stacks, gilded domes and minarets tower over wide boulevards, where cascades of water are flaunted with conspicuous opulence, and where acres of shrubs burgeon on the desert shore, stood sleepy settlements of reed, coral and mudbrick houses, sweltering on sand spits and islands in the most ferocious summer heat. 1996 is the twenty-fifth anniversary of the founding of the United Arab Emirates. In Phoenix Rising, the photographer Werner Forman explores in a series of superbly evocative images, themes of continuity and change in a country with a long and ancient history, taking as much delight in its abundant treasures and old ways as in its dynamic new architecture and drive towards the future. Michael Asher's text provides an admirably clear account of the history of the region, the resilience of its people and of its phoenix-like ability to reinvent itself in adversity.
Pagina's	256
Conditie	Goed — Worn spot front cover dust jacket; wrinkle back cover dust jacket; corners dust jacket slightly worn.
Prijs	€ 15,00

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