A century in oil : the "Shell" Transport and Trading Company, 1897-1997 / Stephen Howarth

By:

Howarth, Stephen

Contributor(s):

Compañía Shell

Language: eng Publication details: London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1997Description: 397 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 27 cmISBN:

9780297822479
0297822470

Subject(s):

LOC classification:

HD 9571.9 H853c 1997

Contents:

Introduction: This Vast Concern 6 (10) Background: 1853-1891 16 (16) Origins: 1892-1898 32 (16) Too Far, Too Fast: 1899-1906 48 (24) Two Into One: 1907-1914 72 (24) The Great War: 1914-1918 96 (22) A Vast and World-Wide Scale: 1919-1925 118 (18) Roaring Along: 1925-1929 136 (20) Surviving the Flood: 1930-1934 156 (18) On the Roller-Coaster: 1935-1939 174 (16) Fuelling Democracy: 1939-1945 190 (20) The Fight to Recover: 1946-1951 210 (22) All the World's a Stage: 1952-1956 232 (18) Suez and After: 1957-1962 250 (18) An Operation Without Commercial Parallel: 1963-1967 268 (18) The End of the Buyers' Market: 1967-1972 286 (20) Cataclysm: 1973-1977 306 (20) Slings and Arrows: 1978-1982 326 (16) Exit Opec: 1983-1987 342 (16) Deeper Still and Deeper: 1988-1992 358 (18) The Changing Shape of Shell: 1993-1997 376 (22) Index 398

Summary: Drawing on unrestricted access to Shell archives, A Century in Oil is a commemorative volume designed to celebrate one hundred years of the company's history

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Holdings
Item type	Current library	Home library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Libro	Biblioteca Juan Bosch	Biblioteca Juan Bosch	Ciencias Sociales	Ciencias Sociales (3er. Piso)	HD 9571.9 H853c 1997 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		00000164964

Includes index

Introduction: This Vast Concern 6 (10)
Background: 1853-1891
16 (16)
Origins: 1892-1898
32 (16)
Too Far, Too Fast: 1899-1906
48 (24)
Two Into One: 1907-1914
72 (24)
The Great War: 1914-1918
96 (22)
A Vast and World-Wide Scale: 1919-1925
118 (18)
Roaring Along: 1925-1929
136 (20)
Surviving the Flood: 1930-1934
156 (18)
On the Roller-Coaster: 1935-1939
174 (16)
Fuelling Democracy: 1939-1945
190 (20)
The Fight to Recover: 1946-1951
210 (22)
All the World's a Stage: 1952-1956
232 (18)
Suez and After: 1957-1962
250 (18)
An Operation Without Commercial Parallel: 1963-1967
268 (18)
The End of the Buyers' Market: 1967-1972
286 (20)
Cataclysm: 1973-1977
306 (20)
Slings and Arrows: 1978-1982
326 (16)
Exit Opec: 1983-1987
342 (16)
Deeper Still and Deeper: 1988-1992
358 (18)
The Changing Shape of Shell: 1993-1997
376 (22)
Index 398

Drawing on unrestricted access to Shell archives, A Century in Oil is a commemorative volume designed to celebrate one hundred years of the company's history

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