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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Black, Brian, 1966- author.

Contributor:

ProQuest ebook central.

Series:

Exploring world history

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Petroleum--Economic aspects--History.

Petroleum.

Petroleum products--History.

Petroleum products.

Petroleum industry and trade--Social aspects--History.

Petroleum industry and trade.

Petroleum industry and trade--Social aspects.

History.

Petroleum--Economic aspects.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 293 pages).

polychrome

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2021]

System Details:

text file

Contents:

<P><span>Acknowledgments</span></p><p><span>Prologue </span></p><p><span>Introduction: Beginning as Black Goo </span></p><p><span style="font-weight:bold;">PART I: CULTURAL EXCHANGE, 1750-1890</span></p><p><span style="font-style:italic;">Infrastructure: Drilling for Saltwater </span></p><p><span style="font-weight:bold;">1 </span><span>From Black Goo to Black Gold </span></p><p><span style="font-weight:bold;">2 </span><span>Crossing Borders to Increase Supply </span></p><p><span style="font-weight:bold;">3 </span><span>Modeling Big Oil </span></p><p><span style="font-style:italic;">Infrastructure: Shipping Crude throughout the Globe </span></p><p><span style="font-weight:bold;">PART II: GOING MOBILE, 1890-1960</span></p><p><span style="font-style:italic;">Infrastructure: Pumping Gas </span></p><p><span style="font-weight:bold;">4 </span><span>Hitting the Road </span></p><p><span style="font-weight:bold;">5 </span><span>Marching for Petroleum: Supply and Weapons </span></p><p><span style="font-style:italic;">Infrastructure: "Want Fries with That?" </span></p><p><span style="font-weight:bold;">PART III: THE GLOBALIZATION OF PETROLEUM DOMINANCE, 1960-PRESENT</span></p><p><span style="font-style:italic;">Infrastructure: Big Science Helps Big Oil </span></p><p><span style="font-weight:bold;">6 </span><span>Consuming Cultures </span></p><p><span style="font-weight:bold;">7 </span><span>To Have and Have Not </span></p><p><span style="font-style:italic;">Infrastructure: NYMEX and the Commodity of Crude</span></p><p><span style="font-weight:bold;">PART IV: LIVING WITH LIMITS AND ENERGY TRANSITIONS, 1980-PRESENT</span></p><p><span style="font-style:italic;">Infrastructure: Climate Change Reveals a New World Order </span></p><p><span style="font-weight:bold;">8 </span><span>"Extreme Oil," Climate Change, and Geopolitics </span></p><p><span style="font-style:italic;">Portrait of Addiction: U.S. Petroleum Use </span></p><p><span>Epilogue: Resource Curse: Time for an Oil Change? </span></p><p><span>Chronology of Petroleum in World History </span></p><p><span>Chronology of Spills </span></p><p><span>Notes </span></p><p><span>Bibliography </span></p><p><span>Index </span></p><p></p><p></p>

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 29, 2020).

ISBN:

9781538142486

1538142481

Publisher Number:

40030191463

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.