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''Fascinating revelations'' Max Hastings, Sunday Times

''An immensely valuable guide to a great and terrible industry'' The Economist

''The book I have long been waiting for... Essential reading'' Michael Klare

Petroleum has always been used by humans: as an adhesive by Neanderthals, as a waterproofing agent in Noah''s Ark and as a weapon during the Crusades. Its eventual extraction from the earth in vast quantities transformed light, heat and power. A Pipeline Runs Through It is a fresh, in-depth look at the social, economic, and geopolitical forces involved in our transition to the modern oil age. It tells an extraordinary origin story, from the pre-industrial history of petroleum through to large-scale production in the mid-nineteenth century and the development of a dominant, fully-fledged oil industry by the early twentieth century.

This was always a story of imperialist violence, economic exploitation and e

A Pipeline Runs Through It

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''Fascinating revelations'' Max Hastings, Sunday Times''An immensely valuable guide to a great and terrible industry'' The Economist ''The book I... Read more

    Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
    Publication Date: 1/25/2024
    ISBN13: 9780141999630, 978-0141999630
    ISBN10: 0141999632

    Non Fiction , History , Non Fiction

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    ''Fascinating revelations'' Max Hastings, Sunday Times

    ''An immensely valuable guide to a great and terrible industry'' The Economist

    ''The book I have long been waiting for... Essential reading'' Michael Klare

    Petroleum has always been used by humans: as an adhesive by Neanderthals, as a waterproofing agent in Noah''s Ark and as a weapon during the Crusades. Its eventual extraction from the earth in vast quantities transformed light, heat and power. A Pipeline Runs Through It is a fresh, in-depth look at the social, economic, and geopolitical forces involved in our transition to the modern oil age. It tells an extraordinary origin story, from the pre-industrial history of petroleum through to large-scale production in the mid-nineteenth century and the development of a dominant, fully-fledged oil industry by the early twentieth century.

    This was always a story of imperialist violence, economic exploitation and e

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