A Century in Oil: The Shell Transport and Trading Company 1897-1997 by Stephen Howarth

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Secondhand. Very good condition. Book interior and binding are fine. Very minor wear to book corners. Dust jacket is in good condition with creasing and a repaired tear at top edge. Please see images.

No other single industry has affected 20th-century civilisation more rapidly or more profoundly than oil and gas. Nearly half a century was over before the nuclear age began and the computer revolution swept the world. Throughout the 20th Century, oil has been the great enabler, providing from one basic resource a rainbow range of products.

Based upon unrestricted access to company archives, A Century in Oil marks the 100th anniversary of the Shell Transport and Trading Company, one of the parents of the Royal Dutch Shell Group.

A Century in Oil tells the frank and dramatic story of a company - daring, inventive, and sometimes controversial, whose work has touched and continues to touch all our daily lives. (book flap)