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Making the desert modern

Parker, Chad H., 1973-

Making the desert modern Americans, Arabs, and oil on the Saudi frontier, 1933-1973 / [electronic resource] : Chad H. Parker. - Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, [2015] - 1 online resource (pages cm.) - Culture, politics, and the Cold War .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

9781613763612 1613763611


Arabian American Oil Company.


Economic development--History--Saudi Arabia--20th century.
Petroleum industry and trade--History--Saudi Arabia--20th century.


Saudi Arabia--History--1932-
Saudi Arabia--Social conditions.
Saudi Arabia--Economic conditions.
United States--Foreign relations--Saudi Arabia.
Saudi Arabia--Foreign relations--United States.


Electronic books.

HD9576.S35 / A763 2015

338.7/62233809538