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The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money, & Power
 
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The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money, & Power

by Daniel Yergin
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Free Press (1993-01-01)
ISBN: 0671799320
EAN: 9780671799328
Binding/Media: Paperback - 928 pages
SKU: 593322
Condition: Like New
Comments: **A LARGER SOFTBACK BOOK!** THE UNABRIDGED 1ST EDITION. 1992. EARLY PRINT. WITH TERRIFIC PHOTOGRAPHS! SOFTBACK AND PAGES ARE IN FINE CONDITION. RAPID SHIPPING, WITH FREE TRACKING, GREAT PACKAGING. PRIORITY AIR MAIL.

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"The Prize" recounts the panoramic history of oil - and the struggle for wealth and power that has always surrounded oil. This struggle has shaken the world economy, dictated the outcome of wars, and transformed the destiny of men and nations. "The Prize" is as much a history of the twentieth century as of the oil industry itself. The canvas of history is enormous - from the drilling of the first well in Pennsylvania through two great world wars to the Iraqui invastion of Kuwait and Operation Desert Storm.
Amazon.com Review
Daniel Yergin's first prize-winning book, Shattered Peace, was a history of the Cold War. Afterwards the young academic star joined the energy project of the Harvard Business School and wrote the best-seller Energy Future. Following on from there, The Prize, winner of the 1992 Pulitzer Prize for nonfiction, is a comprehensive history of one of the commodities that powers the world--oil. Founded in the 19th century, the oil industry began producing kerosene for lamps and progressed to gasoline. Huge personal fortunes arose from it, and whole nations sprung out of the power politics of the oil wells. Yergin's fascinating account sweeps from early robber barons like John D. Rockefeller, to the oil crisis of the 1970s, through to the Gulf War.
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