Brian C. Black: Crude Reality | Taschenbuch

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Beschreibung

This concise, accessible introduction to the history of oil tells the story of how petroleum has shaped human life since it was first discovered oozing inconspicuously from the soil. Brian Black brings a global perspective and a wide-ranging technical knowledge clearly explained for general readers, providing a sweeping, forward-looking survey.

Über den Autor

Brian C. Black is head of the Division of Arts and Humanities and professor of history and environmental studies at Penn State Altoona.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13:	9781538142479
ISBN-10:	1538142473
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Black, Brian C.
Auflage:	Second Edition
Hersteller:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	229 x 152 x 17 mm
Von/Mit:	Brian C. Black
Erscheinungsdatum:	30.09.2020
Gewicht:	0,446 kg