Crude Reality: Petroleum in World History

This Introduction To The History Of Oil Tells The Story Of How Petroleum Shaped Human Life Since It Was First Discovered Leaking Inconspicuously From The Soil. Leading Environmental History Specialist Brian C. Black Connects The Subsequent Exploitation Of Petroleum To Patterns In World History While Tracing The Intricate Links Between Energy And People After 1850. --from Publisher Description. Part I: Cultural Exchange, 1750-1890. Infrastructure: Drilling For Saltwater -- From Black Goo To Black Gold -- Crossing Borders To Increase Supply -- Modeling Big Oil -- Infrastructure: Shipping Crude Throughout The Globe -- Part Ii: Going Mobile, 1890-1960. Infrastructure: Pumping Gas -- Hitting The Road -- 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 -- Consuming Cultures -- 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 -- Peak Oil, Climate Change, And Petroleum Under Siege -- Portrait Of Addiction: U.s. Petroleum Use. Brian C. Black. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.