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Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-25951-4 - British Petroleum and Global Oil 1950–1975: The Challenge of Nationalism James Bamberg Frontmatter More information Dramatic narrative, arresting analysis and original research are combined in this history of one of the world’s biggest oil businesses between 1950 and 1975. Assessing BP’s comparative performance, the book focuses on how BP responded politically, economically and culturally to the rise of new competi- tors, the decline of Britain’s imperial power, and the determination of nation states to assert national sovereignty over the vital commodity, oil. Climaxing with the OPEC crisis which shook the world in the 1970s, the book – authorised by BP with uniquely unrestricted access to its records – has wide appeal and relevance, especially for those interested in big business, glob- alisation and nationalism, international affairs, OPEC, the Middle East and oil. james bamberg is an authority on the history of th

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