education and work on the global petroleum frontier, 1923-1963

A Long Slow Tutelage in Western Ways of Work

Industrial Education and the Containment of Nationalism in Anglo-

Iranian and Aramco, 1923-1963

Acknowledgements The Search For Aramco and AIOC

History (2004-2008)

• Helpful People• Libraries• Archival Collections

At Journey’s End (1992-2008)

Chapter 1: Introduction Thesis Statement: The Argument in Summary

Review of the Published Secondary Literature: Corporate Histories, Sympathetic and Critical

Problems With the Literature, or Writing a More Satisfying History of Change Over Time By Noticing What and Who Has Been Left Out of Previous Accounts

Returning to the Archives With My Methodology: Review of Available Primary and Unpublished (or Hard to Find) Secondary Materials

What Comes Next: A Brief Overview Chapter 2 – (1920 – 1932) Education, Trade

Training, and the Making of a Persian Working Class

Chapter 3 – (1933 – 1946) Not Ready to Lead: AIOC and The Long Slow Tutelage for Persians

Chapter 4 – (1947 – 1951) From Persian Development to Arab Training: Aramco Takes a Step Backwards

What Comes Next: A Brief Overview (Continued) Chapter 5 – (1952 – 1959) Education, Trade Training

and The Making of a Saudi Working Class

Chapter 6 - (1960s and Beyond) Conclusion – A Saudi Arabian Technical Institute in Dhahran

Coda: Why This Matters

Chapter 2 – (1920 – 1932) Education, Trade Training, and the Making of a Persian Working Class Origins of “Persianization”

• 1923 – The Moment Identified by Ferrier and Fraser• 1914 – 1922 AIOC Flashback – Crucible of WWI in the

Camps of Abadan

1924- Another Strike, Deportation for Sikhs

1925 – 1932 Training Persians to Replace Indian Labor

Chapter 3 – (1933 – 1946) Not Ready to Lead: AIOC and The Long Slow Tutelage for Persians 1933-4 Training vs. Education - Nasrullah Jehangir

and Persianization

1935 – Coddington Hall

1936 March -1939 September – From Signing of Gen Plan and Proces Verbal to ATI Opening

1940 – 1945 - AIOC, and ARAMCO, at War

1946 – The Year of the AIOC General Strike in Persia

Chapter 4 – (1947 – 1951) From Persian Development to Arab Training: Aramco Takes a Step Backwards 1947: Where AIOC Was at the Time (ex. AIOC Donation to

Tehran University & Appointment of Fateh) vs. Outcome of NECA Study in Aramco

1948: AIOC and Overseas Consultants Critique of Persian Education vs. Rise of Management Training in Aramco

1949: Aramco Policy Planning Committee

1950: Production Training and “Handling” Arabs in Aramco

1951: Sidon Training for Aramco Managers and the Abadan Crisis

Chapter 5 – (1952 – 1959) Education, Trade Training and The Making of a Saudi Working Class 1952 – 1953 - From Persian Storm to

Arab Storm …

1954 – 1956 - From Strike to Strike in Aramco

1957- 1958 – Training Under Robert King Hall

Chapter 6 – (1960s)Conclusion: A Saudi Technical Institute in Dhahran 1959: Saudi Talented 10th - Out of Kingdom

Training

1960: Persistence of Attitudes, Renewed PR

1961: Management Training for Saudis in Aramco, Review of Other Programs

1962-3: O’Dea Study and the College of Petroleum and Minerals

Coda The Search for Usable Historical Models

and the Risk of Misunderstanding the Past

Personal Experience: American Business Models Overseas

Possible Lessons