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010			_a 2006018541
020			_a0804754462
020			_a9780804754460 (cloth : alk. paper)
040			_aDLC _beng _cDLC _dEG-ScBUE
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050	0	0	_aHD9576.S334 _bA738 2007
082	0	4	_a338.7665509538 _bVIT _222
100	1		_aVitalis, Robert, _d1955- _98804
245	1	0	_aAmerica's kingdom : _bMythmaking on the Saudi oil frontier / _cRobert Vitalis.
260			_aStanford, Calif : _bStanford University Press, _cc. 2007.
300			_axxvii, 353 p., [ 7 ] p. of plates, _bill., map; _c24 cm.
490		0	_aStanford studies in Middle Eastern and Islamic societies and cultures
500			_aIndex : p. 339-353.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references : p. 329-338.
505	0		_aForeword -- 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.
590			_amenna elemam
610	2	0	_aArabian American Oil Company-- _xHistory. _98805
610	2	0	_aSaudi Aramco-- _xHistory. _98806
650		0	_aPetroleum industry and trade-- _zSaudi Arabia-- _xHistory. _98807 _2BUEsh
651		0	_aUnited States-- _xForeign relations-- _zSaudi Arabia. _98808 _2BUEsh
651		0	_aSaudi Arabia-- _xForeign relations-- _zUnited States. _98809 _2BUEsh
653			_bBUSBOL _cAugust2015
856	4	1	_3Table of contents only _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0615/2006018541.html
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