Crude reality: petroleum in world history

Abstract

Prologue Introduction: Beginning as Black Goo Part I: Cultural Exchange, 1750-1890 Infrastructure: Drilling for Saltwater Chapter 1: From Black Goo to Black Gold Chapter 2: Crossing Borders to Grow Supply Infrastructure: Shipping Crude throughout the Globe Part II: Going Mobile, 1890-1960 Infrastructure: Pumping Gas Chapter 3: Modeling in the U.S. Chapter 4: The Culture of Petroleum: Hitting the Road Chapter 5: 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 Chapter 6: Consuming Changes Chapter 7: 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 Chapter 8: Peak Oil, Climate Change, and Petroleum Under Siege Epilogue: Resource Curse: Time for an Oil Change? Bibliography