TY - BOOK AU - Vitalis,Robert TI - America's kingdom: Mythmaking on the Saudi oil frontier T2 - Stanford studies in Middle Eastern and Islamic societies and cultures SN - 0804754462 AV - HD9576.S334 A738 2007 U1 - 338.7665509538 22 PY - 2007/// CY - Stanford, Calif PB - Stanford University Press KW - Arabian American Oil Company-- KW - History KW - Saudi Aramco-- KW - Petroleum industry and trade-- KW - Saudi Arabia-- KW - BUEsh KW - United States-- KW - Foreign relations-- KW - Saudi Arabia KW - United States KW - BUSBOL KW - August2015 N1 - 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 UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0615/2006018541.html ER -