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Crude reality : petroleum in world history / Brian C. Black.
Series: Exploring world historyPublication details: Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2012.Description: x, 277 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:- 9780742556546 :
- 0742556549 :
- HD9560.5 .B494 2012
Contents:
Part I: Cultural exchange, 1750-1890. Infrastructure: drilling for saltwater -- From black goo to black gold -- Crossing borders to increase supply -- Modeling big oil -- Infrastructure: shipping crude throughout the globe -- Part II: Going mobile, 1890-1960. Infrastructure: pumping gas -- Hitting the road -- Marching for petroleum : supply and weapons -- In frastructure: "Want fries with that?" -- Consuming cultures -- To have and have not -- Infrastructure: NYMEX and the commodity of crude -- Part IV: Living with limits and energy transitions, 1980-present. Infrastructure: climate change reveals a new world order -- "Peak oil," climate change, and petroleum under siege -- Portrait of addiction: U.S. petroleum use.
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American University in Dubai | American University in Dubai | Main Collection | HD 9560.5 .B494 2012 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 5092491 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Part I: Cultural exchange, 1750-1890. Infrastructure: drilling for saltwater -- From black goo to black gold -- Crossing borders to increase supply -- Modeling big oil -- Infrastructure: shipping crude throughout the globe -- Part II: Going mobile, 1890-1960. Infrastructure: pumping gas -- Hitting the road -- Marching for petroleum : supply and weapons -- In frastructure: "Want fries with that?" -- Consuming cultures -- To have and have not -- Infrastructure: NYMEX and the commodity of crude -- Part IV: Living with limits and energy transitions, 1980-present. Infrastructure: climate change reveals a new world order -- "Peak oil," climate change, and petroleum under siege -- Portrait of addiction: U.S. petroleum use.
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