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The history of the Standard Oil Company
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Ida Minerva Tarbell |
À l'aube du XXe siècle, une ressource d'un genre nouveau, tapie dans les entrailles de la terre, déchaîne tous les appétits : c'est l'or noir. Aux États-Unis, cœur battant de la révolution industriel… |
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Oil in Texas
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Diana Davids Olien,Diana Davids Hinton,Roger M. Olien |
"As the twentieth century began, oil in Texas was easy to find, but of little commercial value. Oil and natural gas bubbled up in many a water well, but in quantities too small to attract industrial … |
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The Halliburton agenda
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Dan Briody |
The author of the bestseller The Iron Triangle untangles a web of political back scratching in one of the world's most powerful companies Halliburton-a Texas oil-field company Dick Cheney ran before… |
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Hotter 'n pecos and other west Texas lies
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Bobby Weaver,Bobby D. Weaver |
"Collected tales, some taller than others, offer glimpses into Texas west of the hundredth meridian. Four parts--Working in the Oil Patch, Riding the Range, Down on the Farm, and Weather--humorously … |
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Imported oil and U.S. national security
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Keith Crane |
"In 2007, on a net basis, the United States imported 58 percent of the oil it consumed. This book critically evaluates commonly suggested links between these oil imports and U.S. national security. T… |
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The new wild west
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Blaire Briody |
The New Wild West is the definitive account of what's happening on the ground and what really happens to a community when the energy industry is allowed to set up in a town with little regulation or … |
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The big rich
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Bryan Burrough |
In The Big Rich, bestselling author and Vanity Fair special correspondent Bryan Burrough chronicles the rise and fall of one of the great economic and political powerhouses of the twentieth century—T… |
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The boom
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Russell Gold |
Fracking has vociferous critics and fervent defenders, but the debate between these camps has obscured the actual story: Fracking has become a fixture of the American landscape and the global economy… |
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Lives Per Gallon
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Terry Tamminen |
How much would you pay for a gallon of gas? $4.00? $10.00? Would you pay with the health of your lungs or with years taken from your lifespan?
The infamous "pain at the pump" runs much deeper than o… |
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Blood and Oil
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Michael T. Klare |
"Since September 11 and the commencement of the "war on terror," the world's attention has been focused on the relationship between U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East and the oceans of crude oil … |
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Boone
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T. Boone Pickens |
"A Richard Todd book" Includes index. |
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Armed madhouse
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Greg Palast |
The "top journalist in America and the funniest" (Randi Rhodes, Air America), takes his previous New York Times bestseller a step further with hot undercover dispatches— hanging out the dirty underpa… |
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Rigged
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Ben Mezrich |
From the author who brought you the massive New York Times bestseller Bringing Down the House, this is the startling rags-to-riches story of an Italian-American kid from the streets of Brooklyn who c… |
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American Theocracy
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Kevin Phillips |
From America's premier political analyst, an explosive examination of the axis of religion, politics, and borrowed money that threatens to destroy the nationIn his two most recent New York Times best… |
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