The Curse of oil
This program offers a global history of the oil industry and the issues intertwined with it, from early-20th-century prospecting in South America and the Middle East to war in Iraq. The origins and significance of OPEC figure prominently in the narrative, as do several historic and violent conflicts...
| Other Authors: | Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm), Infobase., Zarafa Films. |
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| Format: | Video |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New York, N.Y. :
Infobase,
[2006], c2003.
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| Physical Description: |
1 streaming video file (52 min.) : sd., col., digital file. |
| Series: |
Southwestern introduction to business.
South-Western introduction to business. |
| Subjects: |
Table of Contents:
- Oil, Colonialism, and War (3:50)
- Oil Transforms Saudi Arabia (4:36)
- Mexico Nationalizes Its Oil Industry (1:40)
- Oil, British Imperialism, and Middle East Nationalism (2:49)
- Egypt Nationalizes the Suez Canal (1:31)
- The Creation of OPEC (7:09)
- The Curse of Oil in Venezuela (2:25)
- Algeria's Oil Independence (4:27)
- Libya Demands More Oil Money (2:42)
- Iraq Nationalizes Its Oil Industry (1:58)
- The 1973 Oil Crisis (4:01)
- Instability in Iran and Iraq (3:52)
- Petrodollars (3:40)
- Iraq Invades Kuwait (1:58)
- The Curse of Petrodollars (3:12)