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Mirage : power, politics, and the hidden history of Arabian oil / Aileen Keating.
Publication details: Amherst, N.Y. : Prometheus Books, 2005.Description: 560 p. : ill., map ; 24 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 1591023467 :
- HD9576.M52 K43 2005
Contents:
The Raj in Arabia -- No oil in Arabia -- The geological surveys -- "Major" Frank Holmes -- The way to handle natives -- An immense Arabian oilfield -- The intruder -- Conflict, anger and abdication -- Resolute rulers -- "A little affair like this"---Iraq oil -- A colonial takes on the Empire -- Water and war -- Big New York shaikhs -- No honour among oilmen -- Double dealing -- The nationality clause -- Diplomatic dance -- Pipeline politics -- Kuwait out---Bahrain in -- King Solomon's mines -- All eyes on Al Hasa -- Intrigue and illusion -- An unclean subject -- Pressure points -- Ahmad and Holmes -- Closure -- Epilogue -- A "right" to Arabia's oil -- The British claim examined -- The American claim examined -- Glossary -- Who's who.
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American University in Dubai | American University in Dubai | Main Collection | HD 9576 .M52 K43 2005 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 677021 |
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| HD 9576 .I62 F37 1997 Blood and oil : inside the Shah's Iran / | HD 9576 .M52 C67 2004 Energy developments in the Middle East / | HD 9576 .M52 C67 2004 Energy developments in the Middle East / | HD 9576 .M52 K43 2005 Mirage : power, politics, and the hidden history of Arabian oil / | HD 9576 .N36 I79 1977 The economics of Middle Eastern oil / | HD 9576.P35 A47 2020 Life after oil : the survival predicament of the Gulf Arab States / | HD 9576 .P35 A85 2010 Corruption and its manifestation in the Persian Gulf / |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The Raj in Arabia -- No oil in Arabia -- The geological surveys -- "Major" Frank Holmes -- The way to handle natives -- An immense Arabian oilfield -- The intruder -- Conflict, anger and abdication -- Resolute rulers -- "A little affair like this"---Iraq oil -- A colonial takes on the Empire -- Water and war -- Big New York shaikhs -- No honour among oilmen -- Double dealing -- The nationality clause -- Diplomatic dance -- Pipeline politics -- Kuwait out---Bahrain in -- King Solomon's mines -- All eyes on Al Hasa -- Intrigue and illusion -- An unclean subject -- Pressure points -- Ahmad and Holmes -- Closure -- Epilogue -- A "right" to Arabia's oil -- The British claim examined -- The American claim examined -- Glossary -- Who's who.
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