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020			_a0804754462 | 978-0804754460
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050	0	0	_aHD9576.S334 _bA738 2007
100	1		_aVitalis, Robert, _d1955- _910
245	1	0	_aAmerica's kingdom : _bmythmaking on the Saudi oil frontier / _cRobert Vitalis.
260			_aStanford, Calif : _bStanford University Press, _c2007.
300			_axxvii, 353 p., [ 7 ] p. of plates, _bill. , map ; _c24 cm.
440		0	_aStanford studies in Middle Eastern and Islamic societies and cultures _911
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references ( p.279-338) and index.
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.
610	2	0	_aArabian American Oil Company _xHistory. _912
610	2	0	_aSaudi Aramco _xHistory. _913
650		0	_aPetroleum industry and trade _zSaudi Arabia _xHistory. _914
651		0	_aUnited States _xForeign relations _zSaudi Arabia. _915
651		0	_aSaudi Arabia _xForeign relations _zUnited States. _916
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