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- ISBN
- 9780143123545
- Book Title
- Private Empire : Exxonmobil and American Power
- Item Length
- 8.4 in
- Publisher
- Penguin Publishing Group
- Publication Year
- 2013
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 1.5 in
- Genre
- Technology & Engineering, Business & Economics, History, Political Science
- Topic
- General, International Relations / General, Industries / Natural Resource Extraction, United States / General, Petroleum, Corporate & Business History
- Item Width
- 5.5 in
- Item Weight
- 20 oz
- Number of Pages
- 704 Pages
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"ExxonMobil has met its match in Coll, an elegant writer and dogged reporter . . . extraordinary . . . monumental." -- The Washington Post "Fascinating . . . Private Empire is a book meticulously prepared as if for trial . . . a compelling and elucidatory work." -- Bloomberg From the Pulitzer Prize-winning and bestselling author of Ghost Wars and The Achilles Trap, a n extraordinary exposé of Big Oil. Includes a profile of current Secretary of State and former chairman and chief executive of ExxonMobil, Rex Tillerson In this, the first hard-hitting examination of ExxonMobil--the largest and most powerful private corporation in the United States--Steve Coll reveals the true extent of its power. Private Empire pulls back the curtain, tracking the corporation's recent history and its central role on the world stage, beginning with the Exxon Valdez accident in 1989 and leading to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010. The action spans the globe--featuring kidnapping cases, civil wars, and high-stakes struggles at the Kremlin--and the narrative is driven by larger-than-life characters, including corporate legend Lee "Iron Ass" Raymond, ExxonMobil's chief executive until 2005, and current chairman and chief executive Rex Tillerson, President-elect Donald Trump's nomination for Secretary of State. A penetrating, news-breaking study, Private Empire is a defining portrait of Big Oil in American politics and foreign policy.
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Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0143123548
ISBN-13
9780143123545
eBay Product ID (ePID)
154391117
Product Key Features
Book Title
Private Empire : Exxonmobil and American Power
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
General, International Relations / General, Industries / Natural Resource Extraction, United States / General, Petroleum, Corporate & Business History
Publication Year
2013
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Technology & Engineering, Business & Economics, History, Political Science
Number of Pages
704 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
8.4 in
Item Height
1.5 in
Item Width
5.5 in
Item Weight
20 oz
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Lc Classification Number
Hd9569.E95c65 2013
Grade from
Twelfth Grade
Reviews
"ExxonMobil has met its match in Coll, an elegant writer and dogged reporter... extraordinary... monumental. " --THE WASHINGTON POST " Fascinating... Private Empire is a book meticulously prepared as if for trial , a lawyerly accumulation of information that lets the facts speak for themselves... a compelling and elucidatory work." --BLOOMBERG " Private Empire is meticulous, multi-angled and valuable ... Mr. Coll's prose sweeps the earth like an Imax camera." -- Dwight Garner, THE NEW YORK TIMES "ExxonMobil has cut a ruthless path through the Age of Oil. Yet intense secrecy has kept one of the world's largest companies a mystery, until now. Private Empire: ExxonMobil and American Power is a masterful study of Big Oil's biggest player... Coll's in-depth reporting, buttressed by his anecdotal prose, make Private Empire a must-read. Consider Private Empire a sequel of sorts to The Prize , Daniel Yergin's Pulitzer-winning history of the oil industry... Coll's portrait of ExxonMobil is both riveting and appalling... Yet Private Empire is not so much an indictment as a fascinating look into American business and politics. With each chapter as forceful as a New Yorker article, the book abounds in Dickensian characters." -- SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE "Coll makes clear in his magisterial account that Exxon is mighty almost beyond imagining, producing more profit than any American company in the history of profit, the ultimate corporation in 'an era of corporate ascendancy.' This history of its last two decades is therefore a revealing history of our time, a chronicle of the intersection between energy and politics. " --Bill McKibben, NEW YORK REVIEW OF BOOKS " Groundbreaking... Masterful as a corporate portrait, Private Empire gushes with narrative." -- AMERICAN PROSPECT, "ExxonMobil has met its match in Coll, an elegant writer and dogged reporter . . . extraordinary . . . monumental." -- The Washington Post "Fascinating . . . Private Empire is a book meticulously prepared as if for trial, a lawyerly accumulation of information that lets the facts speak for themselves . . . a compelling and elucidatory work." -- Bloomberg " Private Empire is meticulous, multi-angled and valuable . . . Mr. Coll's prose sweeps the earth like an Imax camera." --Dwight Garner, The New York Times "ExxonMobil has cut a ruthless path through the Age of Oil. Yet intense secrecy has kept one of the world's largest companies a mystery, until now. Private Empire: ExxonMobil and American Power is a masterful study of Big Oil's biggest player . . . Coll's in-depth reporting, buttressed by his anecdotal prose, make Private Empire a must-read. Consider Private Empire a sequel of sorts to The Prize , Daniel Yergin's Pulitzer-winning history of the oil industry . . . Coll's portrait of ExxonMobil is both riveting and appalling . . . Yet Private Empire is not so much an indictment as a fascinating look into American business and politics. With each chapter as forceful as a New Yorker article, the book abounds in Dickensian characters." -- San Francisco Chronicle "Coll makes clear in his magisterial account that Exxon is mighty almost beyond imagining, producing more profit than any American company in the history of profit, the ultimate corporation in 'an era of corporate ascendancy.' This history of its last two decades is therefore a revealing history of our time, a chronicle of the intersection between energy and politics." --Bill McKibben, New York Review of Books "Groundbreaking . . . Masterful as a corporate portrait, Private Empire gushes with narrative." -- American Prospect, "ExxonMobil has met its match in Coll, an elegant writer and dogged reporter... extraordinary... monumental. " --THE WASHINGTON POST " Fascinating... Private Empire is a book meticulously prepared as if for trial , a lawyerly accumulation of information that lets the facts speak for themselves... a compelling and elucidatory work." --BLOOMBERG " Private Empire is meticulous, multi-angled and valuable ... Mr. Coll's prose sweeps the earth like an Imax camera." -- Dwight Garner, THE NEW YORK TIMES "ExxonMobil has cut a ruthless path through the Age of Oil. Yet intense secrecy has kept one of the world's largest companies a mystery, until now. Private Empire: ExxonMobil and American Power is a masterful study of Big Oil's biggest player... Coll's in-depth reporting, buttressed by his anecdotal prose, make Private Empire a must-read. Consider Private Empire a sequel of sorts to The Prize , Daniel Yergin's Pulitzer-winning history of the oil industry... Coll's portrait of ExxonMobil is both riveting and appalling... Yet Private Empire is not so much an indictment as a fascinating look into American business and politics. With each chapter as forceful as a New Yorker article, the book abounds in Dickensian characters." -- SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE "Coll makes clear in his magisterial account that Exxon is mighty almost beyond imagining, producing more profit than any American company in the history of profit, the ultimate corporation in 'an era of corporate ascendancy.' This history of its last two decades is therefore a revealing history of our time, a chronicle of the intersection between energy and politics. " --Bill McKibben, NEW YORK REVIEW OF BOOKS " Groundbreaking... Masterful as a corporate portrait, Private Empire gushes with narrative." -- AMERICAN PROSPECT, "ExxonMobil has met its match in Coll, an elegant writer and dogged reporter… extraordinary… monumental. " --THE WASHINGTON POST " Fascinating… Private Empire is a book meticulously prepared as if for trial , a lawyerly accumulation of information that lets the facts speak for themselves… a compelling and elucidatory work." --BLOOMBERG " Private Empire is meticulous, multi-angled and valuable … Mr. Coll's prose sweeps the earth like an Imax camera." - Dwight Garner, THE NEW YORK TIMES "ExxonMobil has cut a ruthless path through the Age of Oil. Yet intense secrecy has kept one of the world's largest companies a mystery, until now. Private Empire: ExxonMobil and American Power is a masterful study of Big Oil's biggest player… Coll's in-depth reporting, buttressed by his anecdotal prose, make Private Empire a must-read. Consider Private Empire a sequel of sorts to The Prize , Daniel Yergin's Pulitzer-winning history of the oil industry… Coll's portrait of ExxonMobil is both riveting and appalling… Yet Private Empire is not so much an indictment as a fascinating look into American business and politics. With each chapter as forceful as a New Yorker article, the book abounds in Dickensian characters." - SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE "Coll makes clear in his magisterial account that Exxon is mighty almost beyond imagining, producing more profit than any American company in the history of profit, the ultimate corporation in 'an era of corporate ascendancy.' This history of its last two decades is therefore a revealing history of our time, a chronicle of the intersection between energy and politics. " --Bill McKibben, NEW YORK REVIEW OF BOOKS " Groundbreaking... Masterful as a corporate portrait, Private Empire gushes with narrative." - AMERICAN PROSPECT
Copyright Date
2013
Dewey Decimal
338.76223380973
Dewey Edition
23
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