2. A (PRE-)OIL HISTORY OF KUWAIT

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. TABLE OF CONTENTS 5
3. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 7
4. 1. AN IRIDESCENT APPROACH TO PETROLEUM AND MODERNITY 11
5. 2. A (PRE-)OIL HISTORY OF KUWAIT 39
6. 3. IMAG(IN)ING KUWAIT FROM ABOVE IN AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY, URBAN PLANNING, AND CARTOGRAPHY 69
7. 4. THE KUWAIT OIL COMPANY, (COLOR) PHOTOGRAPHY, AND IRIDESCENT IMPRESSIONS 113
8. 5. THE PETRO-STATE, ITS POSTAGE STAMPS, AND POLITICAL ICONOGRAPHY 157
9. 6. THE 1990–91 GULF WAR: OIL FIRES, ECOLOGICAL CATASTROPHE, AND A SECOND RUPTURE 201
10. 7. THE PETROLEUM PROMISE, NOSTALGIA, AND FUTURISM 215
11. BIBLIOGRAPHY 241
12. IMAGE CREDITS 259