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Author:

Vitalis, Robert, 1955-

Title:

America's kingdom : mythmaking on the Saudi oil frontier / Robert Vitalis.

Publisher:

Stanford University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2007

Description:

xxvii, 353 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., map ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Arabian American Oil Company--History.
Saudi Aramco--History.
Petroleum industry and trade--Saudi Arabia--History.
United States--Foreign relations--Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia--Foreign relations--United States

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 329-338) and index.

Contents:

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.

Series:

Stanford studies in Middle Eastern and Islamic societies and cultures

ISBN:

9780804754460
9780804754460 (cloth : alk. paper)
0804754462 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)69992477

LCCN:

2006018541

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)