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Michael Quentin Morton

    Michael Quentin Morton skúma zložitú históriu ťažby ropy na Arabskom polostrove. Jeho diela sa ponárajú do hlbín tohto kľúčového odvetvia a odhaľujú jeho dopad na región i svet. Morton prináša jedinečnú perspektívu, ktorá kombinuje jeho rané skúsenosti z Blízkeho východu s jeho neskoršou kariérou právnika. Výsledkom sú prenikavé a informované analýzy, ktoré osvetľujú ekonomické a sociálne sily formujúce túto oblasť.

    Keepers of the Golden Shore
    Masters of the Pearl
    Empires and Anarchies
    • Empires and Anarchies

      • 263 stránok
      • 10 hodin čítania
      3,6(10)Ohodnotiť

      Empires and Anarchies: A History of Oil in the Middle East looks not only at the great discoveries but the transformation of peoples and societies, the empires and the anarchies it has engendered.

      Empires and Anarchies
    • Masters of the Pearl

      • 256 stránok
      • 9 hodin čítania
      3,7(17)Ohodnotiť

      Sheds new light on Qatar, a country that has previously defied explanation.

      Masters of the Pearl
    • Keepers of the Golden Shore

      • 256 stránok
      • 9 hodin čítania

      Preface 7. - 1 Desert, Sea and Mountain: Southeast Arabia in Prehistory 9. - 2 Emergence: Greater Oman, the Arabian Gulf and the Bani Yas, ad 630-1909 28. - 3 A Maritime Kind: The Qawasim, the British and the Trucial Coast, 1718-1906 54. - 4 Jewels of the Sea: The Rise and Fall of the Pearling Industry, 1508-1949 75. - 5 Something in the Air: Dubai and the Northern Sheikhdoms, 1901-39. - 6 The Hungry Years: The Trucial Coast in the Second World War, 1939-45 116. - 7 Sweet Crude: Abu Dhabi and the Discovery of Oil, 1909-71 130. - 8 Blueprint for a Nation: The Trucial States, 1945-68 151. - 9 Divided We Stand: Unification and Beyond, 1964-80 1/8. - 10 Only One Tribe: The United Arab Emirates, 1980-Present Day 200.

      Keepers of the Golden Shore