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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 _aLondon:
_bVerso,
_cc. 2009.
300 _axxiiii, 353 p.:
_bill., map;
_c24 cm.
500 _a Index : 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.
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_2BUEsh
651 0 _aUnited States--
_xForeign relations--
_zSaudi Arabia.
_98808
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651 0 _aSaudi Arabia--
_xForeign relations--
_zUnited States.
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653 _bBUSBOL
_cAugust2015
856 4 1 _3Table of contents only
_uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0615/2006018541.html
942 _2ddc
_k338.7665509538 VIT
_cNB
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