Black, Brian,  1966- <br/><br/>
Crude reality :  petroleum in world history / 
Brian C. Black. 
 - Lanham, [Md.] :  Rowman & Littlefield Publishers,  c2012. 
 - x, 277 pages  :  ill, ;  24 cm. 
 - Exploring world history .
 - Exploring world history  .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-262) and index. 
<br/><br/>Introduction: Beginning as Black Goo -- Part I: Cultural Exchange, 1750-1890 -- Infrastructure: Drilling for Saltwater -- 1. From Black Goo to Black Gold -- 2. Crossing Borders to Increase Supply -- 3. Modeling Big Oil -- Infrastructure: Shipping Crude throughout the Globe -- Part II: Going Mobile, 1890-1960 -- Infrastructure: Pumping Gas -- 4. Hitting the Road -- 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 -- 6. Consuming Cultures -- 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 -- 8. "Extreme Oil," Climate Change, and Geopolitics -- Portrait of Addiction: U.S. Petroleum Use -- Epilogue: Resource Curse: Time for an Oil Change? -- Chronology of Petroleum in World History -- Chronology of Spills. 
<br/><br/>  "This concise, accessible introduction to the history of oil tells the story of how petroleum has shaped human life since it was first discovered oozing inconspicuously from the soil. For a century, human dependence on petroleum caused little discomfort as we enjoyed the heyday of cheap crude -- a glorious episode of energy gluttony that was destined to end. Today, we see the disastrous results in environmental degradation, political instability, and world economic disparity in the waning years of a petroleum-powered civilization -- lessons rooted in the finite nature of oil. Considering the nature of oil itself as well as humans' remarkable relationship with it, Brian C. Black spotlights our modern conundrum and then explores the challenges of our future without oil. It is this essential context, he argues, that will prepare us for our energy transition. Bringing his global perspective and wide-ranging technical knowledge, Black has written an essential contribution to environmental history and the rapidly emerging field of energy history in this sweeping, forward-looking survey."-- $c Provided by publisher. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780742556546 (cloth : alk. paper) 0742556549 9780742556553  0742556557  9781442216112 (electronic) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2011051805 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Petroleum--Economic aspects--History.<br/>Petróleo --Aspectos económicos <br/>Petroleum products--History.<br/>Productos del petróleo <br/>Petroleum industry and trade--Social aspects--History.<br/>Industria del petróleo --Productos derivados <br/>Industria del petróleo --Aspectos sociales 
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HD 9560.5  / B627c 2012 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>338.2/728209