Built by Oil

Gwilym Roberts & David Fowler

ISBN 10: 0863721893 / ISBN 13: 9780863721892

Edité par Ithaca Press, 1995

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8vo. 290 pp., colour illustrations, biblio, index, publisher's cloth in d/w, copy in mint condition.

N° de réf. du vendeur 370

Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Built by Oil
• Éditeur: Ithaca Press
• Date de parution: 1995
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0863721893
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780863721892
• Reliure: Hardcover
• Édition: 1st Edition
• État de l'article: As New
• État de la jaquette: As New
• Poids: 1 kilogramme

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Synopsis

This series is intended to included works that deal with the politics, international relations and political economy of Middle Eastern countries or regional organizations. Also of interest to the series are works on social forces, ideological discourses and strategic affairs pertaining to the Middle East.

Présentation de l'éditeur

ifty years ago a process of change began in the Middle East. As oil wealth began to flow, one by one the countries of the region made a start on building ports, airports, roads, water supplies in short the basic infrastructure on which modern civilisation is based. With the oil boom of the 1970s the pace of development was redoubled. Because of historical links, British civil engineering firms took a leading role in designing and building this new infrastructure, which transformed the region as, a century before, an earlier generation of engineers had transformed Victorian Britain. This book describes the most important projects such as Dubai s dry dock, the Greater Cairo Wastewater Project, and the new industrial city of Jubail and places them in the historical and political context of the time. And it pays tribute to the astonishing achievements of the thousands of engineers and others who played a part in the transformation.