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America's kingdom : mythmaking on the Saudi oil frontier
- Title
- America's kingdom : mythmaking on the Saudi oil frontier / Robert Vitalis.
- Author
- Vitalis, Robert, 1955-
- Publication
- Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, c2007.
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Details
- Description
- xxvii, 353 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., map; 24 cm.
- Series Statement
- Stanford studies in Middle Eastern and Islamic societies and cultures
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 329-338) and index.
- Contents
- 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.
- Call Number
- JFE 06-14417
- ISBN
- 0804754462 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 9780804754460 (cloth : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2006018541
- 9780804754460
- OCLC
- 69992477
- Author
- Vitalis, Robert, 1955-
- Title
- America's kingdom : mythmaking on the Saudi oil frontier / Robert Vitalis.
- Imprint
- Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, c2007.
- Series
- Stanford studies in Middle Eastern and Islamic societies and cultures
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 329-338) and index.
- Connect to:
- Other Standard Identifier
- 9780804754460
- Research Call Number
- JFE 06-14417