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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 338.272820904
EAN: 9780671799328
ISBN: 0671799320
Label: Free Press
Manufacturer: Free Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 928
Publication Date: January 01, 1993
Publisher: Free Press
Sales Rank: 1559
Studio: Free Press
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Pulitzer Prize Winner -- and Now an Epic PBS Series
The Prize recounts the panoramic history of oil -- and the struggle for wealth power that has always surrounded oil. This struggle has shaken the world economy, dictated the outcome of wars, and transformed the destiny of men and nations. The Prize is as much a history of the twentieth century as of the oil industry itself. The canvas of this history is enormous -- from the drilling of the first well in Pennsylvania through two great world wars to the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait and Operation Desert Storm.
The cast extends from wildcatters and rogues to oil tycoons, and from Winston Churchill and Ibn Saud to George Bush and Saddam Hussein. The definitive work on the subject of oil and a major contribution to understanding our century, The Prize is a book of extraordinary breadth, riveting excitement -- and great importance.
Amazon.com:
Daniel Yergin's first prize-winning book, Shattered Peace, was a history of the Cold War. Afterwards the young academic star joined the energy project of the Harvard Business School and wrote the best-seller Energy Future. Following on from there, The Prize, winner of the 1992 Pulitzer Prize for nonfiction, is a comprehensive history of one of the commodities that powers the world--oil. Founded in the 19th century, the oil industry began producing kerosene for lamps and progressed to gasoline. Huge personal fortunes arose from it, and whole nations sprung out of the power politics of the oil wells. Yergin's fascinating account sweeps from early robber barons like John D. Rockefeller, to the oil crisis ofthe 1970s,through to the Gulf War.
Customer Reviews Average Rating: 
Rating:  - A Commuter's Nightmare
Kind librarians should consider filing The Prize in the "Reference" section as a clear warning to readers. Yergin's book is a laboriously impressive volume of forgettable details by one of the oil industry's most gifted analysts. It is not a light bedtime or commuter train friend!
- The storyline lacks a cohesive theme
- There are no main characters (including the oil companies!) tying the narrative together
- Personalities appear and dissolve forever in rapid-fire succession, ... Read More
Rating:  - Complete!
Everybody who works in the Oil Market should read this book! It's a complete story about the development of this Market!
Rating: - Fantastic read..but..
Truly worth the pulitizer prize, a great read, a great view of history..but..don't buy the paperback. This book literally fell out of it's binding before I got through the first one hundred pages. By the time I got to the epilogue I had little more than a pile of loose pages. I don't own the hard cover, but I can tell you that the soft cover is a piece of junk. Too bad the binders didn't respect the greatness of the book.
Rating: - The Prize:A terrific read on the history of Oil and how it effects us today.
One of the few books that I enthusiastically have recommended.Great historical information for history buffs.Great economic information and how it effects us even today. It will truely help you understand the dynamics of war, politics, oil.
Rating: - You will not understand oil without this book
This book was written when energy, not terrorism, was the most pressing domestic problem. Oil is so essential to the survival of our economy. "The Prize" traces the history of oil from its humble, entrepreneurial beginnings in the hillsides of western Pennsylvania, to the shrewd domination of the industry by John D. Rockefeller, to the breakup of Standard Oil, and through the discovery of oil in the farthest flung corners of the globe.
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