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01882cam a22003854a 4500 001 DDEFF2542B0D11DE8F715E08A8D7520A 005 20221102014946 008 060602s2007 cauabf b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2006018541 020 $a 9780804754460 020 $a 9780804754460 (cloth : alk. paper) 020 $a 0804754462 (cloth : alk. paper) 035 $a (OCoLC)69992477 040 $a DLC $c DLC $d SILO $d C#P $d IOZ $d SILO 050 00 $a HD9576.S334 $b A738 2007 082 00 $a 338.7/665509538 $2 22 100 1 $a Vitalis, Robert, $d 1955- 245 1 $a America's kingdom : $b mythmaking on the Saudi oil frontier / $c Robert Vitalis. 260 $a Stanford, Calif. : $b Stanford University Press, $c c2007. 300 $a xxvii, 353 p., [8] p. of plates : $b ill., map ; $c 24 cm. 440 0 $a Stanford studies in Middle Eastern and Islamic societies and cultures 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (p. 329-338) and index. 505 0 $a Captive narratives: a brief and unexceptional introduction to the history of firms and states -- Part 1. The nearest faraway place. Arabian frontiers -- American camp -- The wizards of Dhahran ; Part 2. Desire's empty quarter. Ayyam al-Kadalak (days of the Cadillac) -- Eye of the desert -- El jefe rojo -- America's kingdom. 610 20 $a Arabian American Oil Company $x History. 610 20 $a Saudi Aramco $x History. 650 0 $a Petroleum industry and trade $z Saudi Arabia $x History. 651 0 $a United States $x Foreign relations $z Saudi Arabia 651 0 $a Saudi Arabia $x Foreign relations $z United States 856 41 $3 Table of contents only $u http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0615/2006018541.html 939 $a 5718829 941 $a 2 952 $l USUX851 $d 20180605021530.0 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20171227034355.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=DDEFF2542B0D11DE8F715E08A8D7520A 994 $a 02 $b IOZInitiate Another SILO Locator Search