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Empires and anarchies : a history of oil in the Middle East / Michael Quentin Morton.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Morton, Michael Quentin, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Petroleum industry and trade--Middle East--History--20th century.
- Petroleum industry and trade.
- History.
- Middle East--History--20th century.
- Middle East.
- Middle East--History--21st century.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 263 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London, UK : Reaktion Books, 2017.
- Contents:
- Iran
- 1 A Scrap of Paper, 1849-1018 16
- 2 Circling Skies, 1918-45 33
- 3 Into the Great Unknown, 1945-71 47
- Iraq
- 4 The Oil Game, 1903-28 72
- 5 Birds of Ill Omen, 1928-45 94
- 6 Pumping Dust, 1945-71 106
- Arabia and the Gulf
- 7 The Plenty Quarter, 1920-44 122
- 8 Big and Little Wheels, 1924-44 135
- 9 Chasing the Arab Zone, 1944-71 147
- The Middle East
- 10 Voices in the Dark 168
- 11 Sisters and Brothers, 1945-80 183
- 12 Kings and Cartels, 1968-86 201
- 13 A Camel Ride to Armageddon, 1980-2003 213
- 14 The New Rome 223.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-256) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781780238104
- 178023810X
- OCLC:
- 995370029
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