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Author:

Wald, Ellen R. (Historian) author.

Title:

Saudi, Inc. : the Arabian kingdom's pursuit of profit and power / Ellen R. Wald.

Edition:

First Pegasus Books edition.

Publisher:

Pegasus Books,

Copyright Date:

2018

Description:

xvii, 302 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 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 (pages 269-292) and index.

Contents:

Prologue: The refugee becomes king -- "A devil of a time" -- The Americans in King ibn Saud's court -- Actual accrued benefit -- An Arabian dawn -- He met his duty -- Putting the house in order -- Wahhabism, women, westerners, and riyals -- "Masters of our own commodity" -- "Nationalization was not the thing at all" -- "Barrels of oil and gigawatts of power" -- Epilogue: For their sons.

ISBN:

168177660X
9781681776606

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1029576813

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

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

YKPE532 -- Anamosa Library & Learning Center (Anamosa)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)