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Crude world : the violent twilight of oil / Peter Maass.
Publication details: New York, NY : Alfred A. Knopf, 2009.Edition: 1st edDescription: 276 p. : ill. ; 25 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781400041695 (cloth) :
- 1400041694 :
- HD9560.5 .M23 2009
Contents:
Summary: A stunning and revealing examination of oil's indelible impact on the countries that produce it and the people who possess it, of the power of oil to exacerbate existing problems and create new ones.
Scarcity -- Plunder -- Rot -- Contamination -- Fear -- Greed -- Desire -- Alienation -- Empire -- Mirage -- Appendix A. World crude oil reserves -- Appendix B. U.S. crude oil imports.
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American University in Dubai | American University in Dubai | Main Collection | HD 9560.5 .M23 2009 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Copy Type:01 - Books | Available | 602806 |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [259]-262) and index.
Scarcity -- Plunder -- Rot -- Contamination -- Fear -- Greed -- Desire -- Alienation -- Empire -- Mirage -- Appendix A. World crude oil reserves -- Appendix B. U.S. crude oil imports.
A stunning and revealing examination of oil's indelible impact on the countries that produce it and the people who possess it, of the power of oil to exacerbate existing problems and create new ones.
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