Black, Brian,  1966- <br/><br/>
Crude reality :  petroleum in world history / 
Brian C. Black. 
 - Lanham, [Md.] :  Rowman & Littlefield Publishers,  c2012. 
 - x, 277 pages  :  ill, ;  24 cm. 
 - Exploring world history .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-262) and index. 
<br/><br/><br/>Introduction: Beginning as black goo<br/>pt. 1. Cultural exchange, 1750-1890<br/>Infrastructure: Drilling for saltwater<br/>From black goo to black gold<br/>Crossing borders to increase supply<br/>Modeling big oil<br/>Infrastructure: Shipping crude throughout the globe<br/>pt. 2. Going mobile, 1890-1960<br/>Infrastructure: Pumping gas<br/>Hitting the road<br/>Marching for petroleum : supply and weapons<br/>Infrastructure: "Want fries with that?"<br/>pt. 3. The globalization of petroleum dominance, 1960-present<br/>Infrastructure: Big science helps big oil<br/>Consuming cultures<br/>To have and have not<br/>Infrastructure: NYMEX and the commodity of crude<br/>pt. 4. Living with limits and energy transitions, 1980-present<br/>Infrastructure: Climate change reveals a new world order<br/>"Peak oil," climate change, and petroleum under siege<br/>Portrait of addiction : U.S. petroleum use<br/>Epilogue: Resource curse : time for an oil change?<br/>Chronology of petroleum in world history<br/>Chronology of spills 
<br/><br/> Considers the history of petroleum's engineering, production, refining, and consumption, and synthesizes recent scholarship linking overreliance on the resource to environmental degradation and 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780742556546 (cloth : alk. paper) 9781442216112 (electronic) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2011051805 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Petroleum--Economic aspects--History.<br/>Petroleum products--History.<br/>Petroleum industry and trade--Social aspects--History.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HD9560.5  / .B494 2012 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>338.2/728209