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Black gold : the story of oil in our lives / Albert Marrin.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, c2012.Edition: 1st edDescription: 181 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780375866739
  • 0375866736 (hbk.)
  • 9780375966736 (lib. bdg.)
  • 0375966730 (lib. bdg.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 553.2 MAR
LOC classification:
  • TN872.A5 M39 2012
Contents:
Prologue : how Daddy nearly blew himself up -- A freak of geology -- Black gold -- The destiny of nations -- Automobiles and Middle Eastern oil -- Hopeless monsters -- Richest prize, greatest problem -- A day of reckoning -- Fossil fuels and the natural environment -- Toward a new energy order.
Summary: A history of the slick and foul-smelling substance that drives our existence and that becomes scarcer as our dependence on it grows.
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Item type Current library Collection Call number Status Date due Barcode
Non Fiction MVS Library Main room-Teen/Adult B- Nonfiction (Teen/Adult) 553.2 MAR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 4004524

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Prologue : how Daddy nearly blew himself up -- A freak of geology -- Black gold -- The destiny of nations -- Automobiles and Middle Eastern oil -- Hopeless monsters -- Richest prize, greatest problem -- A day of reckoning -- Fossil fuels and the natural environment -- Toward a new energy order.

A history of the slick and foul-smelling substance that drives our existence and that becomes scarcer as our dependence on it grows.

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