{"product_id":"9781838606848","title":"Persian Petroleum : Oil, Empire and Revolution in Late Qajar Iran","description":"\u003cstrong\u003ePersian Petroleum\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Leonardo Davoudi\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUsing 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e“One would normally have thought that after all that has been written and said about the history and politics of Persian or Iranian oil, it would be a small miracle to write and publish something original in that field. Yet, Leonardo Davoudi has managed to prove us wrong by producing a largely original book on this subject. In every chapter there is something novel, but especially the treatment of the Kitabgi part in the origins of the Anglo-Persian oil agreement.  This volume, thus, will be welcomed by all the scholars of twentieth-century British and Iranian history as well as Middle Eastern oil.” —\u003ci\u003eHoma Katouzian, St Antony's College, and Member, Faculty of Oriental Studies, University of Oxford, UK\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781838606848\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"I.B. Tauris","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":40722247483598,"sku":"9781838606848","price":115.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_aa34b4b5-163f-423b-81a9-f3d14edaa108.jpg?v=1641103605","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781838606848","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}