Kuwait Transformed

Informationen zum Autor Farah Al-Nakib is Assistant Professor of History and Director of the Center for Gulf Studies at the American University of Kuwait. Klappentext Farah Al-Nakib is Assistant Professor of History and Director of the Center for Gulf Studies at the American University of Kuwait. Zusammenfassung Kuwait Transformed analyzes the intricate relationship between the urban landscape! the patterns and practices of everyday life! and social behaviors and relations in Kuwait over the transition from the pre-oil to oil eras. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1. Pre-Oil Urbanism 2. Port City Life 3. A Cosmopolitan Community 4. Oil-Era Modernization 5. The Move to the Suburbs 6. The Privatization of Urban Life 7. The De-Urbanization of Society 8. The Right to the City

Autorentext
Farah Al-Nakib is Assistant Professor of History and Director of the Center for Gulf Studies at the American University of Kuwait.

Zusammenfassung
Kuwait Transformed analyzes the intricate relationship between the urban landscape, the patterns and practices of everyday life, and social behaviors and relations in Kuwait over the transition from the pre-oil to oil eras.

Inhalt
Introduction
1. Pre-Oil Urbanism
2. Port City Life
3. A Cosmopolitan Community
4. Oil-Era Modernization
5. The Move to the Suburbs
6. The Privatization of Urban Life
7. The De-Urbanization of Society
8. The Right to the City

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