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Crude reality : petroleum in world history / Brian C. Black.

By: Series: Exploring world historyPublication details: Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2012.Description: x, 277 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780742556546 :
  • 0742556549 :
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • 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.

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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