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The Romance of Oil: The Abadan Oil Refinery and the Realities of British Paternalism on the Local Iranian Workers between 1945-1951

The Romance of Oil: The Abadan Oil Refinery and the Realities of British Paternalism on the Local Iranian Workers between 1945-1951

Advisors: Zeynep Çelik (Columbia), Nigel Ashton (LSE)

A view over the Abadan city and refinery, 1960. Source: Iran Today, Iranian Department of Publication and Broadcasting Volume I No.6

Yasmin Gulec

2023

Region

Middle East and North Africa

Theme

Economic, Business, and Finance

Empires, World Orders, and Post-Colonial

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