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Autore: | Jones Toby Craig <1972-> |
Titolo: | Desert kingdom : how oil and water forged modern Saudi Arabia / / Toby Craig Jones |
Pubblicazione: | Cambridge, Mass., : Harvard University Press, 2010 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (321 p.) |
Disciplina: | 953.805 |
Soggetto topico: | Natural resources - Government policy - Saudi Arabia - History - 20th century |
Water resources development - Government policy - Saudi Arabia - History - 20th century | |
Water - Government policy - Saudi Arabia - History - 20th century | |
Petroleum industry and trade - Government policy - Saudi Arabia - History - 20th century | |
Soggetto geografico: | Saudi Arabia Politics and government 20th century |
Note generali: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | Front matter -- Contents -- 1. The Nature of the State -- 2. Imperial Geology -- 3. The Dogma of Development -- 4. Engineering the Garden -- 5. The Black Gold Coast -- 6. The Wages of Oil -- 7. Nature's Retreat -- Epilogue: House of Wisdom -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index |
Sommario/riassunto: | This is an environmental and political history of Saudi Arabia, revealing the power of the environment to shape and influence the political state. Jones traces the modernization of the Saudi state and its rich oil reserves that were developed with the help of U.S. expertise and a technocratic elite who managed not only the vast oil reserves and water supplies but also the growth of political institutions. From the time oil was discovered in the 1930's, its control has been at the center of Saudi political authority and of the modern state. In addition the state quickly learned to exploit access to water as a means of controlling the population. Jones demonstrates the power of the Saudi environment to influence its modern political institutions and ideologies over the last eighty years. It is a fascinating story that helps explain not only how the Saudi state was transformed but also how the U.S. was inextricably involved in its technological and political modernization from the beginning. |
Titolo autorizzato: | Desert kingdom |
ISBN: | 0-674-26486-X |
0-674-05940-9 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910827328703321 |
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