Title
Crude world : the violent twilight of oil / Peter Maass.
Edition
1st ed.
ISBN
9781400041695 (alk. paper)
1400041694 (alk. paper)
Publication Details
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2009.
Language
English
Description
276 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Call Number
HD9560.5 .M23 2009
Dewey Decimal Classification
338.2/7282
Summary
A stunning and revealing examination of oil's indelible impact on the countries that produce it and the people who possess it, of the power of oil to exacerbate existing problems and create new ones.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Scarcity
Plunder
Rot
Contamination
Fear
Greed
Desire
Alienation
Empire
Mirage
Appendix A. World crude oil reserves
Appendix B. U.S. crude oil imports..