02067cam a22003735a 4500 14398526 20150816125829.0 060602s2007 caufab frb 001 0 eng 2006018541 0804754462 9780804754460 (cloth : alk. paper) DLC eng DLC EG-ScBUE a-su--- n-us--- HD9576.S334 A738 2007 338.7665509538 VIT 22 Vitalis, Robert, 1955- 8804 America's kingdom : Mythmaking on the Saudi oil frontier / Robert Vitalis. Stanford, Calif : Stanford University Press, c. 2007. xxvii, 353 p., [ 7 ] p. of plates, ill., map; 24 cm. Stanford studies in Middle Eastern and Islamic societies and cultures Index : p. 339-353. Includes bibliographical references : p. 329-338. Foreword -- Cast of characters -- 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 -- Afterword -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. menna elemam Arabian American Oil Company-- History. 8805 Saudi Aramco-- History. 8806 Petroleum industry and trade-- Saudi Arabia-- History. 8807 BUEsh United States-- Foreign relations-- Saudi Arabia. 8808 BUEsh Saudi Arabia-- Foreign relations-- United States. 8809 BUEsh BUSBOL August2015 Table of contents only http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0615/2006018541.html ddc 338.7665509538 VIT BB 12783 12783 0 0 ddc 0 0 Baccah MAIN MAIN 1ST 2009-09-30 purchase 4 6 338.7665509538 VIT 000018374 2025-07-15 00:00:00 2013-11-24 BB 0 0 ddc 0 0 Baccah MAIN MAIN 1ST 2009-09-30 purchase 0 338.7665509538 VIT 000018375 2025-07-15 00:00:00 NB