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Vitalis, Robert, 1955-

America's kingdom : Mythmaking on the Saudi oil frontier / Robert Vitalis. - Stanford, Calif : Stanford University Press, c. 2007. - xxvii, 353 p., [ 7 ] p. of plates, ill., map; 24 cm. - Stanford studies in Middle Eastern and Islamic societies and cultures .

Index : p. 339-353.

Includes bibliographical references : p. 329-338.

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.

ISBN: 0804754462 9780804754460 (cloth : alk. paper)

LCCN: 2006018541

Subjects--Corporate Names:
Arabian American Oil Company----History.
Saudi Aramco----History.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Petroleum industry and trade----History.--Saudi Arabia--

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
United States----Foreign relations----Saudi Arabia.
Saudi Arabia----Foreign relations----United States.

Subjects--Index Terms:

LC Class. No.: HD9576.S334 / A738 2007

Dewey Class. No.: 338.7665509538 / VIT