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Online-Ressource (331 p.)
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9780520241985
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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 legislatur
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Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Structuring the Oil Market; PART ONE: Federal Property; 1. The End of the Old Property Regime; 2. The Politics of the 1920 Mineral Leasing Act; PART TWO: State Property; 3. Beaches versus Oil in Southern California; 4. "The Same Unsavory Smell of Teapot Dome"; PART THREE: Regulation; 5. The Struggle to Control California Oil Production; 6. Federalism and the Unruly California Oil Market; PART FOUR: Consumption; 7. "Transportation by Taxation"; 8. Defending the User-Financing System
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Conclusion: The Politics of Petroleum PricesNotes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y;
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780520931145
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780520241985
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Crude Politics : The California Oil Market, 1900-1940
Language:
English
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