Crude reality : petroleum in world history /
Black, Brian, 1966-
Crude reality : petroleum in world history / Brian C. Black. - Lanham, [Md.] : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2012. - x, 277 pages : ill, ; 24 cm. - Exploring world history .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-262) and index.
Introduction: Beginning as black goo
pt. 1. 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
pt. 2. Going mobile, 1890-1960
Infrastructure: Pumping gas
Hitting the road
Marching for petroleum : supply and weapons
Infrastructure: "Want fries with that?"
pt. 3. The globalization of petroleum dominance, 1960-present
Infrastructure: Big science helps big oil
Consuming cultures
To have and have not
Infrastructure: NYMEX and the commodity of crude
pt. 4. 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
Epilogue: Resource curse : time for an oil change?
Chronology of petroleum in world history
Chronology of spills
Considers the history of petroleum's engineering, production, refining, and consumption, and synthesizes recent scholarship linking overreliance on the resource to environmental degradation and
9780742556546 (cloth : alk. paper) 9781442216112 (electronic)
2011051805
Petroleum--Economic aspects--History.
Petroleum products--History.
Petroleum industry and trade--Social aspects--History.
HD9560.5 / .B494 2012
338.2/728209
Crude reality : petroleum in world history / Brian C. Black. - Lanham, [Md.] : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2012. - x, 277 pages : ill, ; 24 cm. - Exploring world history .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-262) and index.
Introduction: Beginning as black goo
pt. 1. 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
pt. 2. Going mobile, 1890-1960
Infrastructure: Pumping gas
Hitting the road
Marching for petroleum : supply and weapons
Infrastructure: "Want fries with that?"
pt. 3. The globalization of petroleum dominance, 1960-present
Infrastructure: Big science helps big oil
Consuming cultures
To have and have not
Infrastructure: NYMEX and the commodity of crude
pt. 4. 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
Epilogue: Resource curse : time for an oil change?
Chronology of petroleum in world history
Chronology of spills
Considers the history of petroleum's engineering, production, refining, and consumption, and synthesizes recent scholarship linking overreliance on the resource to environmental degradation and
9780742556546 (cloth : alk. paper) 9781442216112 (electronic)
2011051805
Petroleum--Economic aspects--History.
Petroleum products--History.
Petroleum industry and trade--Social aspects--History.
HD9560.5 / .B494 2012
338.2/728209