Energy kingdoms : oil and political survival in the Persian Gulf / Jim Krane.

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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...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Center on Global Energy Policy series.
Main Author: Krane, Jim (Author)
Language:English
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, [2019]
Series:Center on Global Energy Policy series.
Subjects:
Petroleum industry and trade > Persian Gulf Region.
Petroleum industry and trade > Political aspects > Persian Gulf Region.
Energy consumption > Persian Gulf Region.
Energy policy > Persian Gulf Region.
Energy consumption.
Energy policy.
Petroleum industry and trade.
Petroleum industry and trade > Political aspects.
Middle East > Persian Gulf Region.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Petroleum.
Physical Description:xi, 206 pages ; 24 cm.
Format: Book

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