Persian Petroleum: Oil, Empire and Revolution in Late Qajar Iran
Using 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.
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Persian Petroleum: Oil, Empire and Revolution in Late Qajar Iran
Using 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.
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Persian Petroleum: Oil, Empire and Revolution in Late Qajar Iran

Persian Petroleum: Oil, Empire and Revolution in Late Qajar Iran

by Leonardo Davoudi
Persian Petroleum: Oil, Empire and Revolution in Late Qajar Iran

Persian Petroleum: Oil, Empire and Revolution in Late Qajar Iran

by Leonardo Davoudi

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Using 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.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781838606848
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date: 12/24/2020
Pages: 240
Product dimensions: 6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.56(d)

About the Author

Leonardo Davoudi is a researcher at the Oxford Centre for Global History, University of Oxford, UK. He holds a DPhil from St. Antony's College. His research interests lie at the intersection of imperialism and capitalism.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements

i - Introduction

ii - The D'Arcy Concession

iii - Preparing the Groundwork

iv - End of an Era

v - Tribal Resistance

vi - The Constitutional Revolution

vii- A Phenomenal State of Tranquility

viii - Striking Oil

viii - Striking Abuse

ix - Government Shareholdings

x - Conclusion

Appendices, illustrations, bibliography

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