In the 150 years since the birth of the petroleum industry oil has saturated our culture, fueling our cars and wars, our economy and policies. But just as thoroughly, culture saturates oil. So what exactly is "oil culture"? This book pursues an answer through petrocapitalism's history in...

Illuminating one thousand years of history, The Pilgrim Art explores the remarkable cultural influence of Chinese porcelain around the globe. Cobalt ore was shipped from Persia to China in the fourteenth century, where it was used to decorate porcelain for Muslims in Southeast Asia, India,...

The 1976 International Trade Fair in Nigeria should serve as a practical and continuous manifestation of the country’s forward-looking economic policy. After an examination of the role of International trade fairs in Nigeria the author makes some suggestions how this purpose could be achieved.