| LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER |
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| LC control number |
2011003618 |
| INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9780804772204 (trade : cloth : alk. paper) |
| INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
0804772207 |
| DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Call number |
331.6/2/095357 |
| MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Authors |
Mahdavi, Pardis, |
| Dates |
1978- |
| TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Gridlock : |
| Subtitle |
labor, migration, and human trafficking in Dubai / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc |
Pardis Mahdavi. |
| PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Place of publication |
Stanford, Calif. : |
| Publisher |
Stanford University Press, |
| Date |
c2011. |
| PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
251 p. : |
| Other Details |
ill. ; |
| Size |
24 cm. |
| CONTENTS |
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| Contents |
Trafficking trafficking -- Dubai Inc. -- Sex work -- Migration in context -- Labor outside law -- An (un)civil society -- Building towers, building structures -- Building castles in the sand. |
| SUMMARY |
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| Summary |
Reveals the real-life experiences of migrants living and working in Dubayy, discussing debates over human trafficking and stereotypes linked to trafficked persons, and examining policies on human trafficking and the realities of forced labor in the Persian Gulf. |
| STUDY PROGRAM |
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| Program name |
MIST913 |
| SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical Heading |
Foreign workers |
| Form |
United Arab Emirates |
| -- |
Dubayy (Emirate) |
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| Topical Heading |
Forced labor |
| Form |
United Arab Emirates |
| -- |
Dubayy (Emirate) |
| SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical Heading |
Human trafficking |
| Form |
United Arab Emirates |
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Dubayy (Emirate) |
| SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical Heading |
Forced labor |
| Form |
Dubayy (United Arab Emirates : Emirate) |
| SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical Heading |
Human trafficking. |
| ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS |
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| Uniform Resource Identifier |
https://uowd.box.com/s/pt7ua7snw6ozp2esihutqufazw66gc49 |
| Public note |
Location Map |
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47664 |
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47665 |
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47666 |
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47667 |
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47668 |
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47669 |