Energy kingdoms : oil and political survival in the Persian Gulf / Jim Krane.
Energy kingdoms : oil and political survival in the Persian Gulf / Jim Krane.
Energy kingdoms : oil and political survival in the Persian Gulf / Jim Krane.
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New York : Columbia University Press, [2019]
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G 2019/0592
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English
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Physical content
xi, 206 pages ; 24 cm.
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
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volume
Contents
Before oil -- The oil age arrives -- The big payback -- From energy poverty to energy extremism -- Unnaturally cool -- We have a serious problem -- Iran and Dubai lead the way -- Shifting gears in Saudi Arabia -- The politics of reform -- Conclusion: the climate hedge.
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New York : Columbia University Press, [2019]
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New York (State)
Date Published
[2019]
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After the discovery of oil in the 1930s, the Gulf monarchies--Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Oman, and Bahrain--went from being among the world's poorest and most isolated places to some of its most ostentatiously wealthy. To maintain support, the ruling sheikhs provide their subjects with boundless cheap energy, unwittingly...
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Energy kingdoms : oil and political survival in the Persian Gulf / Jim Krane.
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Center on Global Energy Policy series
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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G 2019/0592
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74VKV086NR7O
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKV086NR7O
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ISBN
0231179308 hardcover
9780231179300 hardcover
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338.272809536
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991024227492702626
