Oil shock : the 1973 crisis and its economic legacy / edited by Elisabetta Bini, Giuliano Garavini and Federico Romero.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bini, Elisabetta, editor.

Garavini, Giuliano, 1976- editor.

Romero, Federico, editor.

Series:

International library of twentieth century history ; v. 88.

International library of twentieth century history ; 88

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International economic relations--Congresses.

International economic relations.

Petroleum industry and trade--Congresses.

Petroleum industry and trade.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (281 p.)

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : I.B. Tauris, 2016.

Summary:

"The 1973 'Oil Shock' is considered a turning point in the history of the twentieth century. At the time it seemed to mark a definitive shift from the era of low priced oil to the era of expensive oil. For most Western industrialized countries, it became the symbolic marker of the end of an era. For many oil producers, it translated into an unprecedented control over their energy resources, and completed the process of decolonization, leading to a profound redefinition of international relations.This book provides an analysis of the crisis and its global political and economic impact. It features contributions from a range of perspectives and approaches, including political, economic, environmental, international and social history. The authors examine the origins of what was defined as an 'oil revolution' by the oil-producing countries, as well as the far-reaching effects of the 'shock' on the Cold War and decolonization, on international energy markets and the global economy. In doing so, they help place the event in its historical context as a key moment in the transformation of the international economy and of North-South relations."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

Contents:

Introduction by Elisabetta Bini, Giuliano Garavini and Federico Romero

PART 1: ORIGINS. 1. The Shocking History of Oil by Bernard Mommer

2. 'First Class Brouhaha': Henry Kissinger and Oil Power in the 1970s by Christopher R. W. Dietrich

3. Iraq and the Oil Cold War: A superpower struggle and the end of Iraq Petroleum Company, 1958-1972 by Philippe Tristani

4. Eight Squeezed Sisters: The Oil Majors and the Coming of the 1973 Oil Crisis by Francesco Petrini

PART 2: CONSEQUENCES. 5. Shifting Sands: The 1973 Oil Shock and the Expansion of Non-OPEC Supply by Tyler Priest

6. The OECD Oil Committee and the international search for reinforced energy consumer cooperation, 1972-1973 by Marloes Beers

7. Learning to 'Recycle': Petrodollars and the West, 1973-75 by William Glenn Gray

8. Energy Hinge? Oil Shock and Greening American Consumer Culture since the 1970s by Brian Black

9. Energy and Soviet Economic Integration: Foundations of a Future Petrostate by Oscar Sanchez-Sibony

10. Nuclear Energy and the Rise of Environmentalism in the United States by Martin V. Melosi.

Notes:

"This book originates from a conference held at the European University Institute (EUI) in Fiesole, Italy, on 19-21 September 2013."--page 9.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780857729583

0857729586

9781350987388

1350987387

9780857727558

0857727559

OCLC:

952571255