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