The twentieth century has been widely recognised as the 'Oil Century' due to the escalating importance of oil in global economics and politics. This innovative study sheds light on the lives and challenges of the Iranian workers who consistently supply oil to our markets, adding a bottom-up social and cultural narrative to petroleum history.

"The twentieth century has been widely recognized as the "Oil Century" due to the escalating importance of oil in global economics and politics. This innovative study sheds light on the lives and challenges of the Iranian workers who consistently supply oil to our markets, adding a bottom-up social and cultural narrative to petroleum history"--