02550oam 2200505zu 450 991095940180332120251117101708.00-8166-8593-2(CKB)2670000000411750(SSID)ssj0000983346(PQKBManifestationID)11617228(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000983346(PQKBWorkID)11011010(PQKB)10359171(MiAaPQ)EBC1362028(EXLCZ)99267000000041175020160829d2013 uy engurcnu||||||||txtccrLifeblood : oil, freedom, and the forces of capital1st ed.[Place of publication not identified]University of Minnesota Press20131 online resource (278 pages)Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-8166-7785-9 Cover -- Contents -- Introduction: Oil, Life, Politics -- 1 The Power of Oil? Energy, Machines, and the Forces of Capital -- 2 Refueling Capitalism: Depression, Oil, and the Making of "the American Way of Life" -- 3 Fractionated Lives: Refineries and the Ecology of Entrepreneurial Life -- 4 Shocked! "Energy Crisis," Neoliberalism, and the Construction of an Apolitical Economy -- 5 Pain at the Pump: Gas Prices, Life, and Death under Neoliberalism -- Conclusion: Energizing Freedom -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.Looking beyond the usual culprits, Lifeblood finds a deeper and more complex explanation in everyday practices of oil consumption in American culture. Matthew T. Huber uses oil to retell American political history from the triumph of New Deal liberalism to the rise of the New Right, from oil's celebration as the lifeblood of postwar capitalism to increasing anxieties over oil addiction.Petroleum industry and tradeUnited StatesEnergy policyUnited StatesCapitalismUnited StatesFree enterpriseUnited StatesPetroleum industry and tradeEnergy policyCapitalismFree enterprise338.2/72820973Huber Matthew T.1870993PQKBBOOK9910959401803321Lifeblood : oil, freedom, and the forces of capital4479598UNINA