Description: Further DetailsTitle: Crude PoliticsCondition: NewSubtitle: The California Oil Market, 1900-1940ISBN-10: 0520241983EAN: 9780520241985ISBN: 9780520241985Publisher: University of California PressFormat: HardbackRelease Date: 12/13/2004Description: Energy 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 history that will help us craft successful policies for the future? In this timely and absorbing book, Paul Sabin challenges us to see politics and law as crucial forces behind the dramatic growth of the U.S. oil market during the twentieth century. Using pre-World War II California as a case study of oil production and consumption, Sabin demonstrates how struggles in the legislature and courts over property rights, regulatory law, and public investment determined the shape of the state's petroleum landscape. Sabin provides a powerful corrective to the enduring myth of 'free markets' by demonstrating how political decisions affected the institutions that underlie California's oil economy and how the oil market and price structure depend significantly on the ways in which policy questions were answered before World War II.His concise and probing analysis casts fresh light on the historical relationship between business and government and on the origins of contemporary problems such as climate change and urban sprawl. Incisive, engaging, and meticulously researched, "Crude Politics" illuminates an important chapter in U.S. environmental, legal, business, and political history and the history of the American West.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USItem Height: 229mmItem Length: 152mmItem Width: 28mmItem Weight: 635gAuthor: Paul SabinGenre: HistoryTopic: Business & Finance, Technology & EngineeringRelease Year: 2004 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: Crude Politics
Title: Crude Politics
Subtitle: The California Oil Market, 1900-1940
ISBN-10: 0520241983
EAN: 9780520241985
ISBN: 9780520241985
Release Date: 12/13/2004
Release Year: 2004
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Genre: History
Topic: Technology & Engineering
Number of Pages: 327 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Crude Politics : the California Oil Market, 1900-1940
Publisher: University of California Press
Item Height: 1.1 in
Subject: Public Policy / Energy Policy, United States / State & Local / West (Ak, CA, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, WY), Environmental Conservation & Protection, International Relations / General, United States / General, Petroleum
Publication Year: 2004
Item Weight: 22.4 Oz
Type: Textbook
Author: Paul Sabin
Item Length: 9 in
Subject Area: Nature, Political Science, Technology & Engineering, History
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Hardcover
