Keepers of the Golden Shore: A History of the United Arab Emirates

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Across the spread of its deserts, mountains, islands and seas, the UAEhas a rich and diverse history. From ancient people who emerged from thedesert to settle there, through many invasions and wars,myths of piracy andthe allure of pearls, to the arrival of oilmen drilling beneath the dunes inthe stifling heat, Keepers of the Golden Shore tells the extraordinary story ofhow the Emirates evolved from an impoverished tribal society to becomeone of the richest countries on Earth today.

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'A welcome, readable and much-needed starting point for new readers and new arrivals to the UAE who want a better understanding of the people and places around them. [...] Keepers of the Golden Shore draws from an extensive range of published sources to construct a detailed account of a time that saw the Arabian Gulf emerge from a fiefdom of the British Empire to a region of independent nations finding power and influence in the age of oil.' - James Langton, The National, UAE

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Michael Quentin Morton grew up in Qatar, Bahrain and Abu Dhabi in the 1950s and 1960s. A barrister using his first-hand knowledge of the region, he has written a number of books on the history of the Middle East including Buraimi: The Struggle for Power, Influence and Oil in Arabia (2013).