Crude Politics : The California Oil Market, 1900-1940

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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Year of publication:	2004
Authors:	Sabin, Paul
Publisher:	Berkeley : University of California Press
Subject:	Erdölgewinnung \| Petroleum extraction \| Indien \| India \| Ölmarkt \| Oil market \| Förderkonzession \| Oil and gas lease \| Erdölpolitik \| Oil policy \| Erdölindustrie \| Oil industry \| Geschichte \| History \| Erwerbstätigkeit \| Employment
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Extent:	Online-Ressource (331 p.)
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Description based upon print version of record 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 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;
ISBN:	978-0-520-24198-5 ; 978-0-520-93114-5 ; 978-0-520-24198-5
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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