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E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/27676818 Title: The prize : the epic quest for oil, money, and power Author: Daniel Yergin Publisher: New York : Touchstone, 1993, ©1992. ISBN/ISSN: 0671799320 : 9780671799328 OCLC:27676818

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The prize : the epic quest for oil, money, and power

Author:	Daniel Yergin
Publisher:	New York : Touchstone, 1993, ©1992.
Edition/Format:	Book : English : 1st Touchstone ed., tie-in edView all editions and formats
Summary:	With the pervasive and daily importance of oil and natural gas in an industrial society, Yergin maintains the twentieth century has been reshaped into war, economic strife, and powerful trade blocks to create a society in pursuit of the control for oil.
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Subjects	Petroleum industry and trade -- Political aspects -- History -- 20th century. Petroleum industry and trade -- Military aspects -- History -- 20th century. World War, 1914-1918 -- Causes. View all subjects
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ISBN:	0671799320 : 9780671799328
OCLC Number:	27676818
Description:	885, xxxii p., [32] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Contents:	Part I: The Founders -- Oil on the brain: the beginning -- "Our plan": John D. Rockefeller and the combination of American oil -- Copetitive commerce -- The new century -- The dragon stain -- The oil wars: the rise of Royal Dutch, the fall of imperial Russia -- "Beer and skittles" in Persia -- The fateful plunge -- Part II: The Global struggle -- The blood of victory: World War I -- Opening the door on the Middle East: the Turkish Petroleum Company -- From shortage to surplus: the age of gasoline -- "The fight for new production" -- The flood -- "Friends" -- and enemies -- The Arabian concessions: the world that Frank Holmes made -- Part III: War and strategy -- Japan's road to war -- Germany's formula for war -- Japan's Achilles' heel -- The Allies' war -- Part IV: The Hydrocarbon age -- The new center of gravity -- The postwar petroleum order -- Fifty-fifty: the new deal in oil -- "Old Mossy" and the struggle for Iran -- The Suez crisis -- The elephants -- OPEC and the surge pot -- Hydrocarbon man -- Part V: The Battle for world mastery -- The hinge years: countries versus companies -- The oil weapon -- "Bidding for our life" -- OPEC's imperium -- The adjestment -- The second shock: the great panic -- "We're going down" -- Just another commodity? -- The good sweating: how low can it go?
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With the pervasive and daily importance of oil and natural gas in an industrial society, Yergin maintains the twentieth century has been reshaped into war, economic strife, and powerful trade blocks to create a society in pursuit of the control for oil.

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