Desert Kingdom: How Oil and Water Forged Modern Saudi Arabia

by Toby Craig Jones

Oil and water, and the science and technology used to harness them, have long been at the heart of political authority in Saudi Arabia. Oil's abundance, and the fantastic wealth it generated, has been a keystone in the political primacy of the kingdom's ruling family. The other bedrock element was water, whose importance was measured by its dearth. Over much of the twentieth century, it was through efforts to control and manage oil and water that...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674049853
• ISBN13: 9780674049857
• Release Date: November 2010
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 8.3"