Abu Dhabi: Oil and Beyond

Christopher M. Davidson

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Paper, 256 pages,
ISBN: 978-0-231-70107-5
$22.50

June, 2009
Cloth, 256 pages,
ISBN: 978-0-231-70106-8
$35.00

"Specialists and non-specialists will be treated to a critical yet deeply sympathetic account of the raison d'etre and very identity of the emirate, past and present." — Eva-Maria Nag, Times Higher Education

"Davidson’s book provides an excellent overview with a good balance of history and contemporary and future issues." — Christopher Sell, Middle East Interational

"Meticulously researched . . . [Abu Dhabi] provides both a solid historical and social background of the UAE capital and a detailed snapshot of its current economic and political situation." — Middle East Policy Journal

"A tour de force . . . . the narrative is excellent, the style is highly readable and the information by and large is priceless." — Jean-Francois Seznec, International Affairs

"Abu Dhabi is a fine combination of history, anthropology, economics, and political science. The best thing I have yet read on the country, adequately portraying its strengths while also pointing to its critical shortcomings." — Robert Springborg, Naval Postgraduate School

Related Subjects

• Middle East Studies

About the Author

Christopher M. Davidson is a fellow of the Institute for Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies at Durham University and a visiting associate professor at Kyoto University. A former assistant professor of political science at Sheikh Zayed University in Abu Dhabi and Dubai, he is the author of Dubai: The Vulnerability of Success and The United Arab Emirates: A Study in Survival.

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