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Author Sabin, Paul, 1970-

Title Crude politics [electronic resource] : the California oil market, 1900-1940 / Paul Sabin.

Imprint Berkeley : University of California Press, 2005.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description xx, 307 p. : ill., maps.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents The end of the old property regime -- The politics of the 1920 Mineral Leasing Act -- Beaches versus oil in Southern California -- "The same unsavory smell of Teapot Dome" -- The struggle to control California oil production -- Federalism and the unruly oil market -- "Transportation by taxation" -- Defending the user financing system.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Petroleum industry and trade -- Political aspects -- California -- History -- 20th century.
Petroleum industry and trade -- Government policy -- California -- History -- 20th century.
Energy policy -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 0520241983 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780520241985
9780520931145 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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