Crude politics
Subtitle: the California oil market, 1900-1940
By: Paul Sabin.
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Berkeley, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 307
Subjects: Petroleum industry and trade -- Political aspects -- California -- History -- 20th century.; Petroleum industry and trade -- Government policy -- California -- History -- 20th century.; Energy policy -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-295) and index.
Table of contents: title: The end of the old property regime; title: The politics of the 1920 Mineral Leasing Act; title: Beaches versus oil in Southern California; title: "The same unsavory smell of Teapot Dome"; title: The struggle to control California oil production; title: Federalism and the unruly California oil market; title: "Transportation by taxation"; title: Defending the user-financing system.