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OIL: ANATOMY OF AN INDUSTRY The New Press  In Oil: Anatomy of an Industry, Matthew Yeomans explores the role of oil in America–from driving the US economic engine, to consolidating the US's position as unilateral superpower–and explains the American consumer's love affair with gasoline and the automobile. Along the way, Yeomans offers a brief history of gasoline: where oil comes from, how the global crude oil market works, and how the price of oil is regulated and set. Illustrated with maps and graphics, Oil spotlights the companies involved in global oil production, considering their relationships with oil-rich countries and the power they wield in the global marketplace. Finally, the book explains why a continued dependence on oil will soon inhibit America's growth and become a liability to its economy, environment, and national security–not to mention the security of hundreds of millions of others.Praise for Oil "Yeomans’ well-researched, informative book [is] one of the best on the subject … Highly recommended." – Richard Drezen, Washington Post, for Library Journal "Yeomans has done a great service–no one can fall back on the excuse that the issues are too complex to understand when Yeomans has laid them out with such limpid clarity." – Carl Pope, Executive Director, Sierra Club Reviews In These Times: Oil amply demonstrates that our dependence on this nonrenewable resource is a threat to economic, geopolitical and environmental security read the full review Wired: An informed primer that weaves together commentary, anecdote, and fact. read the full review Christian Science Monitor: In this very readable account, Yeomans tells an incredibly condensed version of petroleum's story. read the full review Boldtype: Yeomans delivers a well-researched and gripping read into the subject. read the full review The Nation: A compelling and provocative book read the full review San Francisco Chronicle: "Oil: Anatomy of an Industry," attempts to survey the complex relationship between the American economy and oil." read the full review  copyright mateoland 2004. All rights reserved email: matthew (at) mateoland (dot) com |