TY  - BOOK
AU  - Black,Brian
TI  - Crude reality: petroleum in world history 
T2  - Exploring world history
SN  - 9780742556546 :
AV  - HD9560.5 .B494 2012
PY  - 2012///
CY  - Lanham, Md.
PB  - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
KW  - Petroleum
KW  - Economic aspects
KW  - History
KW  - Petroleum products
KW  - Petroleum industry and trade
KW  - Social aspects
N1  - 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
ER  -