The prize the epic quest for oil, money, and power /
Winner of the 1992 Pulitzer Prize for nonfiction, this book is a comprehensive history of one of the commodities that powers the world--oil. Founded in the 19th century, the oil industry began producing kerosene for lamps and progressed to gasoline. Huge personal fortunes arose from it, and whole na...
| Main Author: | Yergin, Daniel. |
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Free Press,
1992.
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| Physical Description: |
885 pages, xxxii pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. |
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| Summary: |
Winner of the 1992 Pulitzer Prize for nonfiction, this book is a comprehensive history of one of the commodities that powers the world--oil. Founded in the 19th century, the oil industry began producing kerosene for lamps and progressed to gasoline. Huge personal fortunes arose from it, and whole nations sprung out of the power politics of the oil wells. This account sweeps from early robber barons like John D. Rockefeller, to the oil crisis of the 1970s, through to the Gulf War. |
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| Item Description: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 856-881) and index. Winner of the 1992 Pulitzer Prize for nonfiction, this book is a comprehensive history of one of the commodities that powers the world--oil. Founded in the 19th century, the oil industry began producing kerosene for lamps and progressed to gasoline. Huge personal fortunes arose from it, and whole nations sprung out of the power politics of the oil wells. This account sweeps from early robber barons like John D. Rockefeller, to the oil crisis of the 1970s, through to the Gulf War. |
| Physical Description: |
885 pages, xxxii pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 856-881) and index. |
| ISBN: |
0671799320 9780671799328 |