Persian Petroleum : Oil, Empire and Revolution in Late Qajar Iran

Davoudi, Leonardo

I.B. Tauris（2022/06発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 240 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780755636853
• DDC分類 338.887223380955

Full Description

Using newly-uncovered private papers, as well as public and private archives in three countries, this book tells the definitive history of the first discovery of oil in Iran - the first discovery of oil in the Middle East. Exploring the formal and informal dealings of politicians, investors, civil servants and intermediaries Leonardo Davoudi charts the development of Persian petroleum from uncertain beginnings to becoming one of Britain's largest oil companies with the British government as its principal shareholder. Assessing the relationship between economic and political forces within the British empire and the relationship of foreign economic forces and domestic political forces in Persia, the book also explores the role of intermediation, informal empire, the Anglo-Russian rivalry over Persia, British naval developments and Persian political developments.

Contents

Acknowledgements

i - Introduction

ii - The D'Arcy Concession

iii - Preparing the Groundwork

iv - End of an Era

v - Tribal Resistance

vi - The Constitutional Revolution

vii- A Phenomenal State of Tranquility

viii - Striking Oil

viii - Striking Abuse

ix - Government Shareholdings

x - Conclusion

Appendices, illustrations, bibliography