Daniel Yergin’s book, “The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money and Power,” is extremely interesting because is actually shows the impact that oil has on society. First off, I did not know that it was possible to extract oil from a rock and that was eventually used as an artificial illuminator, during the industrial revolution. Its interesting how the Achnacarry meetings, was kind of like a peace conference or “formal treaty” (Yergin, pp. 224). It was meant to bring order and divide the markets, in regards to Europe and Asia. Its interesting that the ideals of this treaty was to divide the markets, but it also influenced nationalism in a way. Achnacarry agreements helped defend against a nation’s gluttony of oil and against “powerful political
