Sampson,A. The Seven Sisters. 1976
Sampson, Anthony. The Seven Sisters. New York: Bantam Books, 1976.
395 pages.
"The Seven Sisters" sorts out the tangled histories of the seven
mega-corporations that dominate international oil: Exxon, Gulf, Texaco,
Mobil, Socal, BP and Shell. Their shifting allegiances, Sampson argues,
are best understood by remembering that the "sisters" are "basically
committees of engineers and accountants preoccupied ... with profit
margins, safeguarding investments, and avoiding taxation." The interests
of the sheikhs of OPEC, media villains at the time Sampson was writing,
clearly lie in defending the world the "sisters" have created. Sampson's
analysis stands up well to subsequent events.
The son of a research scientist, Oxford-educated journalist Anthony
Sampson writes elegant and exhaustively-researched books about powerful
and often secretive elite groups: South Africa's white leadership, Britain's
ossified elites, a multinational pirate corporation, the world oil industry,
the international arms trade, international bankers. Without truckling,
Sampson is able to get far enough inside such circles to show us how the
world looks through their eyes -- while also providing a wealth of
information that makes independent judgment possible.
-- Steve Badrich
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