In his influential book, Seeing Like a State , James Scott described modernity as a uniquely governmental way of looking at and ordering society. But what happens when a corporation carries out modernization? Primarily concerned with the security of the oil concession, the Arabi…
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My project demonstrates how the Saudi Arabian government established their control over a dissident Eastern Province. Examining a mixture of ARAMCO, American, and Saudi sources, my thesis aims to expand the historiography of urban history, Saudi Arabia, and company towns in the …
Saudi Arabia has long been held as one of the largest oil producers in the world with a vast amount of wealth. The country's meteoric rise to their current status can be attributed to the development of its oil fields by an American company that gained virtual control over the e…