The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money and Power - Hardcover

Yergin, Daniel

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0671502484 ISBN 13: 9780671502485

Publisher: Simon & Schuster, 1991

Synopsis

Traces the history of the struggle for oil in the United States--the individuals involved, the impact of secret deals, the iron-willed tycoons, national strategies, gas lines, and oil gluts

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Review:

Daniel Yergin's first prize-winning book, Shattered Peace, was a history of the Cold War. Afterwards the young academic star joined the energy project of the Harvard Business School and wrote the best-seller Energy Future. Following on from there, The Prize, winner of the 1992 Pulitzer Prize for nonfiction, is a comprehensive history of one of the commodities that powers the world--oil. Founded in the 19th century, the oil industry began producing kerosene for lamps and progressed to gasoline. Huge personal fortunes arose from it, and whole nations sprung out of the power politics of the oil wells. Yergin's fascinating account sweeps from early robber barons like John D. Rockefeller, to the oil crisis of the 1970s, through to the Gulf War.

About the Author:

Daniel Yergin is a writer of international renown and president of Cambridge Energy Research Associates, a leading firm on political risk and economic analysis. He is consulted by ministers, politicians, CEOs and investors around the world.

About this edition

• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0671502484
• ISBN 13: 9780671502485
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 912