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This 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. --from publisher description.
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1 edition- Hardcover · English · 2012Rowman & Littlefield Publishers · 288 pages · 9780742556546
PetroleumHistoryPetroleum industry and tradePetroleum productsEconomic aspectsSocial aspectsErdölwirtschaftPetroleum industry and trade, history