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

by Daniel Yergin
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Simom and Schuster (1992-01-01)
ISBN: 0671757059
EAN: 9780671757052
Binding/Media: Paperback - 907 pages
Edition: Book Club
SKU: L7-15090228012
Condition: Used: Good
Comments: This First Printing copy is in good condition. There's reference markings/underlining/highlights to a few pages in different parts of the copy. No visible tears to text. Tight spine. No Dust Jacket. Bottom of front/back Soft Cover has a crease with tiny scratches/rubbing around the edges. Bottom foredge has a faded black line. Moderate shelf/edge wear. Apart from minor flaws, one can get a lot of usage from this very interesting copy, which is worth having at an affordable price. (L7-15)

Editorial Reviews
Product Description
Yergin's The Prize is a compelling and comprehensive history of the oil industry, from the first oil well ever drilled (near Titusville, Pennsylvania, in 1859) to the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait. To be an 8-part PBS mini-series in Autumn 1992. Nominated for the National Book Award.
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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