The Resource The prize : the epic quest for oil, money, and power, Daniel Yergin
The prize : the epic quest for oil, money, and power, Daniel Yergin
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- Summary
- Chronicles the history of the oil industry and the forces that have shaped the modern world
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 877, xxxii pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates
- Contents
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- Part I: The Founders
- Oil on the brain: the beginning
- "Our plan": John D. Rockefeller and the combination of American oil
- Copetitive commerce
- The new century
- The dragon stain
- The oil wars: the rise of Royal Dutch, the fall of imperial Russia
- "Beer and skittles" in Persia
- The fateful plunge
- Part II: The Global struggle
- The blood of victory: World War I
- Opening the door on the Middle East: the Turkish Petroleum Company
- From shortage to surplus: the age of gasoline
- "The fight for new production"
- The flood
- "Friends"
- and enemies
- The Arabian concessions: the world that Frank Holmes made
- Part III: War and strategy
- Japan's road to war
- Germany's formula for war
- Japan's Achilles' heel
- The Allies' war
- Part IV: The Hydrocarbon age
- The new center of gravity
- The postwar petroleum order
- Fifty-fifty: the new deal in oil
- "Old Mossy" and the struggle for Iran
- The Suez crisis
- The elephants
- OPEC and the surge pot
- Hydrocarbon man
- Part V: The Battle for world mastery
- The hinge years: countries versus companies
- The oil weapon
- "Bidding for our life"
- OPEC's imperium
- The adjestment
- The second shock: the great panic
- "We're going down"
- Just another commodity?
- The good sweating: how low can it go?
- Isbn
- 9780671502485
- Label
- The prize : the epic quest for oil, money, and power
- Title
- The prize
- Title remainder
- the epic quest for oil, money, and power
- Statement of responsibility
- Daniel Yergin
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Chronicles the history of the oil industry and the forces that have shaped the modern world
- Awards note
- Pulitzer Prize, General Nonfiction, 1992
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Yergin, Daniel
- Dewey number
- 338.2/7282/0904
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- maps
- plates
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- HD9560.6
- LC item number
- .Y47 1990
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Petroleum industry and trade
- Petroleum industry and trade
- World War, 1914-1918
- World War, 1939-1945
- World politics
- Label
- The prize : the epic quest for oil, money, and power, Daniel Yergin
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 787 -873) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
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- text
- still image
- cartographic image
- Content type code
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- txt
- sti
- cri
- Content type MARC source
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- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Part I: The Founders -- Oil on the brain: the beginning -- "Our plan": John D. Rockefeller and the combination of American oil -- Copetitive commerce -- The new century -- The dragon stain -- The oil wars: the rise of Royal Dutch, the fall of imperial Russia -- "Beer and skittles" in Persia -- The fateful plunge -- Part II: The Global struggle -- The blood of victory: World War I -- Opening the door on the Middle East: the Turkish Petroleum Company -- From shortage to surplus: the age of gasoline -- "The fight for new production" -- The flood -- "Friends" -- and enemies -- The Arabian concessions: the world that Frank Holmes made -- Part III: War and strategy -- Japan's road to war -- Germany's formula for war -- Japan's Achilles' heel -- The Allies' war -- Part IV: The Hydrocarbon age -- The new center of gravity -- The postwar petroleum order -- Fifty-fifty: the new deal in oil -- "Old Mossy" and the struggle for Iran -- The Suez crisis -- The elephants -- OPEC and the surge pot -- Hydrocarbon man -- Part V: The Battle for world mastery -- The hinge years: countries versus companies -- The oil weapon -- "Bidding for our life" -- OPEC's imperium -- The adjestment -- The second shock: the great panic -- "We're going down" -- Just another commodity? -- The good sweating: how low can it go?
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- 877, xxxii pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780671502485
- Lccn
- 90047575
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- System control number
- ocm22381448
- Label
- The prize : the epic quest for oil, money, and power, Daniel Yergin
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 787 -873) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
-
- text
- still image
- cartographic image
- Content type code
-
- txt
- sti
- cri
- Content type MARC source
-
- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Part I: The Founders -- Oil on the brain: the beginning -- "Our plan": John D. Rockefeller and the combination of American oil -- Copetitive commerce -- The new century -- The dragon stain -- The oil wars: the rise of Royal Dutch, the fall of imperial Russia -- "Beer and skittles" in Persia -- The fateful plunge -- Part II: The Global struggle -- The blood of victory: World War I -- Opening the door on the Middle East: the Turkish Petroleum Company -- From shortage to surplus: the age of gasoline -- "The fight for new production" -- The flood -- "Friends" -- and enemies -- The Arabian concessions: the world that Frank Holmes made -- Part III: War and strategy -- Japan's road to war -- Germany's formula for war -- Japan's Achilles' heel -- The Allies' war -- Part IV: The Hydrocarbon age -- The new center of gravity -- The postwar petroleum order -- Fifty-fifty: the new deal in oil -- "Old Mossy" and the struggle for Iran -- The Suez crisis -- The elephants -- OPEC and the surge pot -- Hydrocarbon man -- Part V: The Battle for world mastery -- The hinge years: countries versus companies -- The oil weapon -- "Bidding for our life" -- OPEC's imperium -- The adjestment -- The second shock: the great panic -- "We're going down" -- Just another commodity? -- The good sweating: how low can it go?
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- 877, xxxii pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780671502485
- Lccn
- 90047575
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- System control number
- ocm22381448
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