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The fragmentary city : migration, modernity, and difference in the urban landscape of Doha, Qatar / Andrew M. Gardner

By: Contributor(s): Resource type: Ressourcentyp: BuchBookLanguage: English Publisher: Ithaca ; London : Cornell University Press, 2024Description: XII, 184 Seiten : IllustrationenISBN:
  • 9781501774980
  • 9781501775017
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: 9781501775000. | 9781501774997. | Erscheint auch als: Fragmentary city. Online-Ausgabe Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2024DDC classification:
  • 307.76095363
  • 307.76095363 23/eng/20231026
LOC classification:
  • HN667.D38
Contents:
City, society, and mobility -- Friday ethnography and the city -- Invisible gas -- The journey to Arabia -- The gulf migration system -- Segregation and space in the modernist city -- Compounds, walls, and cultural sovereignty -- An urban spatial discourse -- Ceaseless growth and the urban trophy case -- Culture and life in a fragmented city -- A city I will never see.
Summary: "This book is concerned with how the extraordinary demography and proportions of migration and how global human mobility have shaped the city of Doha, and more broadly, shaped the urban landscapes characteristic of the Arabian Peninsula"--Call number: Grundsignatur: 2024 A 735PPN: PPN: 1868953343
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Status Barcode
Freihandbestand ausleihbar Bibliothek Campus Süd soz 2.25 Lesesaal Geisteswissenschaften (LSG) 2024 A 735 Available 54001381090
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