Machineries of Oil: An Infrastructural History of BP in Iran

by Katayoun Shafiee

Book Overview

The emergence of the international oil corporation as a political actor in the twentieth century, seen in BP's infrastructure and information arrangements in Iran.

In the early twentieth century, international oil corporations emerged as a new kind of political actor. The development of the world oil industry, argues Katayoun Shafiee, was one of the era's largest political projects of techno-economic development. In this book, Shafiee...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262548852
• ISBN13: 9780262548854
• Release Date: August 2023
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.16 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher