The Prize; The Epic Quest for Oil, Money, and Power

Daniel Yergin

ISBN 10: 0671502484 / ISBN 13: 9780671502485

Published by Simon & Schuster, New York, NY, 1991

About this Item

Simon & Schuster, New York. 1991. Hardcover. 7th Printing by Line Number. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for a gift inscription on the FFFP. Book Condition: Very Good +; llight bumping to tail; light suntoning to spine. DJ: Very Good +; NOT Price Clipped ($27.50); light edge bumping; light toning to spine; small areas of vinyl separation from paper at top and bottom of DJ. Blue paper over boards with white cloth overlay on spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine. 877 pp + xxxii index 8vo. The author lays out the panoramic history of oil around the world and how the struggle for wealth and power has always surrounded it. It is a struggle that has shaken the world economy, dictated the outcome of wars, and transformed the destiny of men and nations. This book is as much a history of the modern world as of the oil industry, for oil has shaped the politics of the 20th Century and has profoundly changed the way we lead our lives. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Prize; The Epic Quest for Oil, Money, and Power
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster, New York, NY
• Publication Date: 1991
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0671502484
• ISBN 13: 9780671502485
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good +
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good +

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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

Reviews

This book does not require recent events in the Persian Gulf to make it an essential addition for most public libraries as well as all college libraries. Written by one of the foremost U.S. authorities on energy, it is a major work in the field, replete with enough insight to satisfy the scholar and sufficient concern with the drama and colorful personalities in the history of oil to capture the interest of the general public. Though lengthy, the book never drags in developing its themes: the relationship of oil to the rise of modern capitalism; the intertwining relations between oil, politics, and international power; and the relationship between oil and society in what Yergin calls today's age of "Hydrocarbon Man." Parts of the story have been told as authoritatively before, e.g., in Irvine Anderson's Aramco: The United States and Saudi Arabia ( LJ 7/81), but never in as comprehensive a fashion as here.
- Joseph R. Rudolph Jr., Towson State Univ., Md.
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