Intro -- Front Cover -- Half Title Page -- Series Page -- Full Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Tables -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgements -- INTRODUCTION | "When Will We See the Pendulum Effect?" Critical Reflections on Energy and History in the Americas -- 1 | Unpacking Latin American Oil and Gas Policies: Views on Energy as a Market, Common, and Political Good -- 2 | Primary Energy Consumption and Economic Growth in Chile,1844-2010 -- 3 | The Commercial and Political Dynamics of the Crude Oil Industry: The Case of the Royal Dutch/Shell Group in Venezuela, 1913-1924 -- 4 | Exxon and the Rise of Producer Power in Venezuela -- 5 | Current Concerns: Canadian-United States Energy Relations and the St. Lawrence and Niagara Megaprojects -- 6 | Tellico Dam, Dickey Dam, and Endangered Species Law in the United States during the 1970s -- 7 | Seismic Innovations: The Digital Revolution in the Search for Oil and Gas -- 8 | Optimism, Fear, and Free Trade: Canada's Winding Path to a Globalized Petroleum Industry,1930-2005 -- 9 | The New Political Economy of Petroleum in Brazil: Back to the Future? -- 10 | The Expropriation of YPF in Historical Perspective: Limits of State Power Intervention in Argentina, 1989-2015 -- 11 | Coming Full Circle: Mexican Oil,1917-2018 -- 12 | The Neoliberal Transformation of Colombia's Energy Sector and Some Implications for Democratization in the Postconflict Period -- List of Contributors -- Bibliography -- Index |