Crude world
Subtitle: the violent twilight of oil
By: Peter Maass.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 276
ISBN-13: 9781400041695
Subjects: Petroleum industry and trade -- History
Description: A stunning and revealing examination of oil's indelible impact on the countries that produce it and the people who possess it, of the power of oil to exacerbate existing problems and create new ones.
Notes: "This is a Borzoi book."

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Scarcity; title: Plunder; title: Rot; title: Contamination; title: Fear; title: Greed; title: Desire; title: Alienation; title: Empire; title: Mirage; title: Conclusion.