Marrin, Albert.

Black gold : the story of oil in our lives / Albert Marrin. - 1st ed. - New York : Alfred A. Knopf, c2012. - 181 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

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.

ISBN: 9780375866739 (hbk.) 0375866736 (hbk.) 9780375966736 (lib. bdg.) 0375966730 (lib. bdg.)

LCCN: 2011013175

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 015955474 Uk

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Petroleum--History.--United States

LC Class. No.: TN872.A5 / M39 2012

Dewey Class. No.: 553.2/8