America's kingdom : mythmaking on the Saudi oil frontier /

Vitalis, Robert, -1955

America's kingdom : mythmaking on the Saudi oil frontier / Robert Vitalis. - Stanford, Calif : Stanford University Press, c2007. - xxvii, 353 p., [ 7 ] p. of plates, : ill. , map (p. 279-338) 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Examination of U.S.-Saudi relations, the development of the oil frontier, and the enduring legacy of racial segregation at the Aramco camps. Examination of U.S.-Saudi relations, the development of the oil frontier, and the enduring legacy of racial segregation at the Aramco camps. Hide synopsis www.alibris.com

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Petroleum industry and trade--Saudi Arabia

HD 9576.S334 / .V831 2007