Vitalis, Robert,  1955- <br/><br/>
America's kingdom :  mythmaking on the Saudi oil frontier / 
Robert Vitalis. 
 - Stanford, Calif :  Stanford University Press,  2007. 
 - xxvii, 353 p., [ 7 ] p. of plates,  ill. , map ;  24 cm. 
 - Stanford studies in Middle Eastern and Islamic societies and cultures .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references ( p.279-338) and index. 
<br/><br/>Foreword -- 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0804754462 | 978-0804754460 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2006018541 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>Arabian American Oil Company--History.<br/>Saudi Aramco--History.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Petroleum industry and trade--History.--Saudi Arabia
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>United States--Foreign relations--Saudi Arabia.<br/>Saudi Arabia--Foreign relations--United States.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HD9576.S334  / A738 2007