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America's kingdom : mythmaking on the Saudi oil frontier / Robert Vitalis.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Vitalis, Robert, 1955-
- Series:
- Stanford studies in Middle Eastern and Islamic societies and cultures
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Arabian American Oil Company--History.
- Arabian American Oil Company.
- Saudi Aramco--History.
- Saudi Aramco.
- Petroleum industry and trade--Saudi Arabia--History.
- Petroleum industry and trade.
- History.
- United States--Foreign relations--Saudi Arabia.
- United States.
- International relations.
- Saudi Arabia.
- Saudi Arabia--Foreign relations--United States.
- Physical Description:
- xxvii, 353 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, [2007]
- Summary:
- Examination of U.S.-Saudi relations, the development of the oil frontier, and the enduring legacy of racial segregation at the Aramco camps.
- Contents:
- Captive narratives: a brief and unexceptional introduction to the history of firms and states
- Arabian frontiers
- American camp
- The wizards of Dhahran
- Ayyam al-Kadalak (days of the Cadillac)
- Eye of the desert
- El jefe rojo
- America's kingdom.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-338) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0804754462
- OCLC:
- 69992477
- Publisher Number:
- 9780804754460
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