Desert Kingdom: How Oil and Water Forged Modern Saudi Arabia

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Desert Kingdom: How Oil and Water Forged Modern Saudi Arabia

This is an environmental and political history of Saudi Arabia, revealing the power of the environment to shape and influence the political state. Jones traces the modernization of the Saudi state and its rich oil reserves that were developed with the help of U.S. expertise and a technocratic elite who managed not only the vast oil reserves and water supplies but also the growth of political institutions. From the time oil was discovered in the 1930s, its control has been at the center of Saudi political authority and of the modern state. In addition the state quickly learned to exploit access to water as a means of controlling the population. Jones demonstrates the power of the Saudi environment to influence its modern political institutions and ideologies over the last eighty years. It is a fascinating story that helps explain not only how the Saudi state was transformed but also how the U.S. was inextricably involved in its technological and political modernization from the beginning.
Country USA
Manufacturer Harvard University Press
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2011-03-15
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Harvard University Press
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2011-03-15
Format	Kindle eBook

Desert Kingdom: How Oil and Water Forged Modern Saudi Arabia

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