The Seven Sisters: The Great Oil Companies And The World They Made
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Edition: 1st uk ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear with damage
Pages: Tanning and foxing
In the shadowy halls of global power, seven oil companies quietly shaped the fate of nations, economies, and entire civilizations — and Anthony Sampson's The Seven Sisters: The Great Oil Companies and the World They Made is the definitive account of how they did it. This landmark work of investigative journalism chronicles the rise of the world's most powerful petroleum corporations — Standard Oil of New Jersey, Royal Dutch Shell, BP, Gulf, Texaco, Mobil, and Chevron — and details how their ruthless competition and back-room dealings carved up the world's oil supply throughout the twentieth century, leaving a trail of geopolitical consequences that still reverberates today. Sampson, one of Britain's most celebrated investigative journalists, argues with forensic clarity that the true architects of the modern world were not statesmen or generals, but the boardroom titans of these seven giants. His narrative style is at once authoritative and gripping, weaving together the histories of corporate strategy, Cold War politics, Middle Eastern sovereignty, and the OPEC revolution into a seamless and compelling whole. The Seven Sisters remains an essential text for anyone seeking to understand the hidden machinery of global capitalism — and the uncomfortable truth that the age of oil is far from over.
Author: Anthony Sampson
Format: Hardback
Published: 1975, Hodder and Stoughton
Genre: Business & economics
Edition: 1st uk ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear with damage
Pages: Tanning and foxing
In the shadowy halls of global power, seven oil companies quietly shaped the fate of nations, economies, and entire civilizations — and Anthony Sampson's The Seven Sisters: The Great Oil Companies and the World They Made is the definitive account of how they did it. This landmark work of investigative journalism chronicles the rise of the world's most powerful petroleum corporations — Standard Oil of New Jersey, Royal Dutch Shell, BP, Gulf, Texaco, Mobil, and Chevron — and details how their ruthless competition and back-room dealings carved up the world's oil supply throughout the twentieth century, leaving a trail of geopolitical consequences that still reverberates today. Sampson, one of Britain's most celebrated investigative journalists, argues with forensic clarity that the true architects of the modern world were not statesmen or generals, but the boardroom titans of these seven giants. His narrative style is at once authoritative and gripping, weaving together the histories of corporate strategy, Cold War politics, Middle Eastern sovereignty, and the OPEC revolution into a seamless and compelling whole. The Seven Sisters remains an essential text for anyone seeking to understand the hidden machinery of global capitalism — and the uncomfortable truth that the age of oil is far from over.