Crude Reality: Petroleum in World History

by Brian C. Black

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This concise, accessible 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. For a century, human dependence on petroleum caused little discomfort...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0742556549

ISBN13:9780742556546

Release Date:March 2012

Publisher:Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Length:288 Pages

Weight:1.30 lbs.

Dimensions:1.1" x 6.4" x 9.1"

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