|a Part I: The Founders - Oil on the brain: the beginning - "Our plan": John D. |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 856-881) and index.
|a 885 pages, xxxii pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : |b illustrations, maps |c 24 cm. |a The prize : |b the epic quest for oil, money, and power / |c Daniel Yergin.
|a ELP |b eng |c ELP |d EOS |d EL$ |d BTCTA |d OCLCQ |d YDXCP |d K6U |d OG# |d OCLCQ |d OCLCF |d P4I |d OCLCQ |d OCLCO |d BRL |d BAKER |d YDX |d CVM |d PWS |d TXI |d OCL |d OCLCQ |d TXMAR |d OCLCQ |d OCLCO |d COM In the great tradition of epic storytelling, The Prize tells how and why oil has become the largest industry in the world, a game of huge risks and monumental rewards.” Now, in The Prize, oil has become the subject of a book which does justice to the great struggle for wealth and power that has always surrounded the black gold. The canvas for the story of oil is enormous - from the drilling of the first well in Pennsylvania, through two great world wars to the ‘accident’ that led to the discovery of North Sea oil, to Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait and Operation Desert Shield. From the cover: “Oil has shaped the politics of the twentieth century and has changed profoundly the way we lead our daily lives. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Text complete, clean and tight.Ģnd (revised) edition. Light reading creases to the slightly bowed spine. Gently rubbed at the edges of the spine and wrappers. The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money and Power - Daniel YerginSimon & Schuster, 1991, Paperback.Ĭondition: Very Good.
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