Making the Desert Modern

Name: Making the Desert Modern
Brand: University of Massachusetts Press
SKU: 9781625341570
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Americans, Arabs, and Oil on the Saudi Frontier, 1933-1973

Szerző: Chad H. Parker

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Kötés: Puha kötésű

Kiadó: University of Massachusetts Press

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In 1933 American oilmen representing what later became the Arabian American Oil Company (Aramco) sig...

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Szerző

Chad H. Parker

Nyelv

Angol

Kötés

Könyv - Puha kötésű

Kiadva

2015

oldal

176

EAN

9781625341570

ISBN

9781625341570

Enbook ID

09410162

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University of Massachusetts Press

Súly

283

Méretek

152 x 229 x 13

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In 1933 American oilmen representing what later became the Arabian American Oil Company (Aramco) signed a concession agreement with the Saudi Arabian king granting the company sole proprietorship over the oil reserves in the country's largest province. As drilling commenced and wells proliferated, Aramco soon became a major presence in the region. In this book Chad H. Parker tells Aramco's story, showing how an American company seeking resources and profits not only contributed to Saudi “nation building” but helped define U.S. foreign policy during the early Cold War. In the years following World War II, as Aramco expanded its role in Saudi Arabia, the idea of “modernization” emerged as a central component of American foreign policy toward newly independent states. Although the company engaged in practices supportive of U.S. goals, its own modernizing efforts tended to be pragmatic rather than policy-driven, more consistent with furthering its business interests than with validating abstract theories. Aramco built the infrastructure necessary to extract oil and also carved At the same time, executives cultivated powerful relationships with Saudi government officials and, to the annoyance of U.S. officials, even served the monarchy in diplomatic disputes. Before long the company became the principal American diplomatic, political, and cultural agent in the country, a role it would continue to play until 1973, when the Saudi government took over its operation.

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Americans, Arabs, and Oil on the Saudi Frontier, 1933-1973

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