Event Date:
Sunday, November 11, 2012 - 3:00pm to 5:30pm
CCWS presents a paper workshop with UCSB PhD Candidate Paul Reed Baltimore discussing his work "Saudimobility: U.S.-Saudi Relations in the Golden Age of the Automobile." This article is drawn from the first three chapters of his dissertation From the Camel to the Cadillac: The Culture of Consumption and the U.S.-Saudi Special Relationship, which explores U.S. relations with Saudi Arabia from 1943 to 1979 at the point where consumption studies and international history converge.
In what is sure to be an exciting and thought-provoking discussion, Mr. Baltimore will discuss his latest work "Saudimobility" which tells the story of how, in the 1940s and 1950s, the United States and Saudi Arabia participated in a transnational culture of consumption rooted in the intimate link between petroleum and the automobile.
Workshop attendees are encouraged to read Mr. Baltimore's article in advance. Attendees can contact Salim Yaqub for the password to unlock the file and should also send their RSVP to syaqub@history.ucsb.edu.
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