Desert kingdom : how oil and water forged modern Saudi Arabia /

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"Oil And Water, and the science and technology used to harness them, have long been at the heart of political authority in Saudi Arabia. Oil's abundance, and the fantastic wealth it generated, has been a keystone in the political primacy of the kingdom's ruling family. The other bedro...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Jones, Toby Craig, 1972- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2010.
Subjects:
1900-1999
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.
Ressources naturelles > Politique gouvernementale > Arabie saoudite > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Ressources en eau > Exploitation > Politique gouvernementale > Arabie saoudite > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Eau > Politique gouvernementale > Arabie saoudite > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Pétrole > Industrie et commerce > Politique gouvernementale > Arabie saoudite > Histoire > 20e siècle.
HISTORY > General.
HISTORY > Middle East > General.
Natural resources > Government policy
Petroleum industry and trade > Government policy
Politics and government
Water > Government policy
Water resources development > Government policy
Saudi Arabia > Politics and government > 20th century.
Arabie saoudite > Politique et gouvernement > 20e siècle.
Saudi Arabia
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The nature of the state
  • Imperial geology
  • The dogma of development
  • Engineering the garden
  • The black gold coast
  • The wages of oil
  • Nature's retreat.

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