The Prize：The Epic Quest for Oil, Money, & Power

DanielYergin'sfirstprize-winningbook,ShatteredPeace,wasahistoryoftheColdWar.AfterwardstheyoungacademicstarjoinedtheenergyprojectoftheHarvardBusinessSchoolandwrotethebest-sellerEnergyFuture.Followingonfromthere,ThePrize,winnerofthe1992PulitzerPrizefornonfiction,isacomprehensivehistoryofoneofthecommoditiesthatpowerstheworld--oil.Foundedinthe19thcentury,theoilindustrybeganproducingkeroseneforlampsandprogressedtogasoline.Hugepersonalfortunesarosefromit,andwholenationssprungoutofthepowerpoliticsoftheoilwells.Yergin'sfascinatingaccountsweepsfromearlyrobberbaronslikeJohnD.Rockefeller,totheoilcrisisofthe1970s,throughtotheGulfWar.作者简介：DanielYerginisanoutstandingauthorityonworldaffairsandtheoilbusiness.Hisprize-winnignbook,ShatteredPeace,hasbecomeaclassichistoryoftheoriginsoftheColdWar.HeiscoauthorofEnergyFuture:ReportoftheEnergyProjectattheHarvardBusinessSchool,aseminalworkonenergypolicythatwasabest-sellerintheUnitedStates,Europe,andJapan.YerginispresidentofCambridgeEnergyResearchAssociates,oneoftheworld'sleadingenergyconsultingfirms.HewaspreviouslyaLecturerattheHarvardBusinessSchoolandtheJohnF.KennedySchoolofGovernmentatHarvardUniversity.HereceivedaB.A.fromYaleUniversityandaPh.D.fromCambridgeUniversity,wherehewasaMarshallScholar.