Crude Politics: The California Oil Market, 1900-1940
Product DescriptionEnergy shortages, climate change, and the debate over national security have thrust oil policy to the forefront of American politics. How did Americans grow so dependent on petroleum, and what can we learn from our histo... More >> Crude Politics: The California Oil Market, 1900-1940
Crude Power: Politics and the Oil Market (Library of International Relations)
Product DescriptionIn the current political climate of the Middle East and Central Asia, with anti-Americanism and the threat of terrorism in such countries as Saudi Arabia running high, oil will impact the world economy as well as thousan... More >> Crude Power: Politics and the Oil Market (Library of International Relations)
Crude Chronicles: Indigenous Politics, Multinational Oil, and Neoliberalism in Ecuador (American Encounters/Global Interactions)
Product DescriptionEcuador is the third-largest foreign supplier of crude oil to the western United States. As the source of this oil, the Ecuadorian Amazon has borne the far-reaching social and environmental consequences of a growing U.S.... More >> Crude Chronicles: Indigenous Politics, Multinational Oil, and Neoliberalism in Ecuador (American Encounters/Global Interactions)