If you are still looking to squeeze in a book or two into what remains of your summer reading list, here are "Five Best" titles on the oil industry as suggested by Peter Maass (author of Crude World: The Violent Twilight of Oil, Vintage) in this weekend's edition of The Wall Street Journal:
1. The History of the Standard Oil Company by Ida M. Rabell, McClure, Phillips, 1904
The rise of the company's and it's owner, John D. Rockefeller.
2. The Seven Sisters by Anthony Sampson, Viking, 1975
Political clout wielded by the largest Western oil companies during the 1970s.
3. The Bottom Billion by Paul Collier, Oxford, 2007
Exploring the paradox of oil's baleful effects including corruption and dictatorship.
4. Cities of Salt by Abdelrahman Munif, Random House, 1987
A fictional account of oil's discovery in the Middle East; think "Giant" the movie in the desert.
5. A Month and a Day by Ken Saro-Wiwa, Penguin, 1995
Ecological and political travesties that led the author to put his life on the line within the Niger Delta.
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