Research Catalog

Title

Oil, the Persian Gulf states, and the United States / Võ Xuân Hân.

Author

Võ, Xuân Hân.

Publication

Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 1994.

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Details

Description

xi, 173 pages : 1 illustration; 25 cm

Subject

• 1945-1989
• Petroleum industry and trade > Political aspects > Persian Gulf Region
• World politics > 1945-1989
• International economic relations
• Petroleum industry and trade > Political aspects
• World politics
• Außenhandelspolitik
• Erdölwirtschaft
• Petroleum industry and trade
• Petroleum industry and trade > Political aspects
• Geschichte (1945-1994)
• United States > Foreign economic relations > Persian Gulf Region
• Persian Gulf Region > Foreign economic relations > United States
• Persian Gulf Region
• United States
• Persischer Golf
• USA
• Persian Gulf Region > Foreign relations > United States

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

1. Introduction. Prologue. The Postwar Setting. The New International Economic Order -- 2. The Energy Equation. Postwar Expansion. The 1970s: The Turbulent Decade. The Reverse Oil Shock of the 1980s. Structural Changes -- 3. The Lands and Their Economies. A Physical Profile. The Demographic Mix. Premodern Economies. Postwar Income and Wealth. The Rentier Economies in Transition. The Dominance of Government. The 1991 War and Aftermath -- 4. From Renting to Partnership. The Formative Years. Postwar Growth and Maturity. The Turning Point. The Big Transfer. Post-1973 Years. The Early 1990s. A Special Partner -- 5. The Trade Connection. The Broad Perspective. Early Days. The 1950s and 1960s. Beyond the Oil Shocks. The Comparative Dimension. Country Share and Trade Composition. The Latest Record -- 6. The Future. Changes in East-West Relations. Short-term Prospects. The American Advantage. The Distant Horizon.

ISBN

• 0275945057
• 9780275945053

LCCN

93020300

OCLC

• ocm27726388
• 27726388
• SCSB-2002990

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library