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

Black, Brian, 1966-
2012
HD9560.5 .B494 2012 (Mapit)
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Title
Crude reality : petroleum in world history / Brian C. Black.
Author
Black, Brian, 1966-
ISBN
9780742556546 (alk. paper)
0742556549 (alk. paper)
Published
Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, [2012]
Copyright
©2012
Language
English
Description
x, 277 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Call Number
HD9560.5 .B494 2012
Dewey Decimal Classification
338.2/728209
Summary
This introduction to the history of oil tells the story of how petroleum shaped human life since it was first discovered leaking inconspicuously from the soil. Leading environmental history specialist Brian C. Black connects the subsequent exploitation of petroleum to patterns in world history while tracing the intricate links between energy and people after 1850. --from publisher description
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Series
Exploring world history.
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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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