A New Look at Kuwait
By: Zahra Freeth
Edition: First edition.
Series: Routledge Library Editions: Kuwait -- 1; Routledge Library Editions: Kuwait -- Volume 1
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Published: 2017
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 204
ISBN-13: 9781315163024
Subjects: Description and travel; Middle East Studies; Travel
Description: "This book, first published in 1972, describes a Kuwait normally hidden to the eyes of visitors. The author draws upon a vast experience of the country, from both before and after the discovery of oil, and analyses the changes to the physical appearance of the city as well as the changes to the customs and outlook of its people."--Provided by publisher.
Table of contents: title: Chapter Preface; title: chapter I A City Built upon Oil; title: chapter 2 Heirs of the Golden Age; title: chapter 3 New Scenes and Old Memories; title: chapter 4 Englishwoman Extraordinary; title: chapter 5 The Sea-front; title: chapter 6 Shopping; title: chapter 7 Preserving the Past; title: chapter 8 Various Personalities; title: chapter 9 To J ahra and Beyond; title: chapter 10 The Oilfields and the Desert; title: chapter II Badawin in a Changing W orId; title: chapter 12 From Tents to Suburbia.