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Imperial outpost in the Gulf : the airfield at Sharjah (UAE) 1932-1952 / Nicholas Stanley-Price.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Brighton : Book Guild, 2012. Description: xviii, 238 p. : ill., maps. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781846246845
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • HE9797.5.U5 S73 2012
Contents:
1. A Stopover in Sharjah with Imperial Airways - 2. Why Sharjah? - 3. The Airfield and Rest House : Design, Construction and Use (1932–33) - 4. Imperial Airways, the RAF and Sharjah, 1932–39 - 5. Sharjah Airfield in Wartime and After, 1939–52 - 6. The People in Transit - 7. The Airfield and the Town : Encounter Between Two Worlds - 8. Al Mahatta from 1952 to Today, and in Retrospect -- Appendix 1. Chronology of the Development of Sharjah Airfield - Appendix 2. The 1932 Agreement - Appendix 3. The Filming for Air Outpost (1937) in Sharjah - Appendix 4. Raymond O'Shea's The Sand Kings of Oman (1947) as a Source.
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Books Books القاعة الأجنبية | The Foreign Hall HE9797.5.U5 S73 2012 C.1 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 0015042
Books Books القاعة الأجنبية | The Foreign Hall HE9797.5.U5 S73 2012 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 0015041

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. A Stopover in Sharjah with Imperial Airways - 2. Why Sharjah? - 3. The Airfield and Rest House : Design, Construction and Use (1932–33) - 4. Imperial Airways, the RAF and Sharjah, 1932–39 - 5. Sharjah Airfield in Wartime and After, 1939–52 - 6. The People in Transit - 7. The Airfield and the Town : Encounter Between Two Worlds - 8. Al Mahatta from 1952 to Today, and in Retrospect -- Appendix 1. Chronology of the Development of Sharjah Airfield - Appendix 2. The 1932 Agreement - Appendix 3. The Filming for Air Outpost (1937) in Sharjah - Appendix 4. Raymond O'Shea's The Sand Kings of Oman (1947) as a Source.

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