Oil
Subtitle: Anatomy of an Industry
Publisher: New Press
Published: August 2004
Place of publication: New York; London
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9781565848856
Subjects: Petroleum & oil industries; Petroleum industry and trade; Industries - Energy Industries; Political Science; Business / Economics / Finance; Politics/International Relations; USA; Development - Sustainable Development; International Relations - Trade & Tariffs; General; Petroleum industry
Description: "Imagine, as author Matthew Yeomans did, trying to spend a day without oil or its byproducts. This book tells the story of the stuff that fuels virtually our every move, and spills into global economies, international politics, human rights, and the health of the planet."--BOOK JACKET.
Table of contents: title: Pursuit of power : a short history of oil; title: Car culture : America's automobile addiction; title: Exploration or exploitation? : Oil, human rights, and the environment; title: Boom and bust : the price of oil and how much oil remains; title: Energy wars : oil and national security; title: Oil in the family : the Bush administration's energy policy; title: CAFE society : the brief life and untimely death of energy conservation; title: Beyond oil : the hydrogen balm; title: A note on sourcing