Saudi, Inc. : (Record no. 33959)
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| INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
|---|---|
| International Standard Book Number | 9781681776606 |
| DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Call number | 338.9538 WA SA |
| MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Authors | Wald, Ellen R. |
| TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Saudi, Inc. : |
| Subtitle | the Arabian kingdom's pursuit of profit and power |
| Statement of responsibility, etc | Ellen R. Wald |
| PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication | New York : |
| Publisher | Pegasus Books, |
| Date | c2018. |
| PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | xvii, 302 p. : |
| Other Details | ill. ; |
| Size | 24 cm. |
| CONTENTS | |
| Contents | Prologue: The refugee becomes king -- "A devil of a time" -- The Americans in King ibn Saud's court -- Actual accrued benefit -- An Arabian dawn -- He met his duty -- Putting the house in order -- Wahhabism, women, westerners, and riyals -- "Masters of our own commodity" -- "Nationalization was not the thing at all" -- "Barrels of oil and gigawatts of power" -- Epilogue: For their sons. |
| SUMMARY | |
| Summary | The Saudi royal family and Aramco leadership are, and almost always have been, motivated by ambitions of long-term strength and profit. They use Islamic law, traditional ideology, and harsh justice to maintain stability and their own power, but underneath the thobes and abayas and behind the religious fanaticism and illiberalism lies a most sophisticated and ruthless business enterprise. Today, that corporation is poised to pull off the biggest IPO in history. Over more than a century, fed by ambition and oil wealth, al Saud, as the royal family is known, has come from next to nothing to rule as absolute monarchs, a contrast with the world around them and modernity itself. The story starts with Saudi Arabia's founder, Abdul Aziz, a lowly refugee embarking on a daring gambit to reconquer his family's ancestral home?the mud-walled city of Riyadh. It takes readers almost to present day, when the multinational family business has made al Saud the wealthiest family in the world and on the cusp of a new transformation. Now al Saud and its family business, Aramco, are embarking on their most ambitious move: taking the company public and preparing the country for the next generation. |
| SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Heading | Arabian American Oil Company |
| General | History |
| SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Heading | Saudi Aramco |
| General | History |
| SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Heading | Petroleum industry and trade |
| Geographic | Saudi Arabia |
| General | History |
| SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Heading | United States |
| General | Foreign relations |
| Geographic | Saudi Arabia |
| ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | https://uowd.box.com/s/rdk16sw3fsuvld7m39p8jmt38h09td0h |
| Public note | Location Map |
| MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
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| SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
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| Lost status | Source of classification or shelving scheme | Damaged status | Not for loan | Permanent location | Current location | Shelving location | Date acquired | Source of acquisition | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Price effective from | Koha item type | Public note |
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| University of Wollongong in Dubai | University of Wollongong in Dubai | Main Collection | 2018-04-22 | AMAUS | 338.9538 WA SA | T0059597 | 2018-04-09 | 2018-04-09 | REGULAR | May2018 |