LEADER 05014nam 2201081 a 450 001 9910778472903321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-35753-0 010 $a9786612357534 010 $a0-520-93114-9 024 7 $a10.1525/9780520931145 035 $a(CKB)1000000000799973 035 $a(EBL)470975 035 $a(OCoLC)609850122 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000346176 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11256410 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000346176 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10324910 035 $a(PQKB)10125130 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000055931 035 $a(OCoLC)741926634 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse30436 035 $a(DE-B1597)519211 035 $a(OCoLC)1110707096 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780520931145 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL470975 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10676307 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL235753 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC470975 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000799973 100 $a20040412d2005 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aCrude politics$b[electronic resource] $ethe California oil market, 1900-1940 /$fPaul Sabin 210 $aBerkeley $cUniversity of California Press$d2005 215 $a1 online resource (331 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-520-24198-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aThe 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. 330 $aEnergy shortages, climate change, and the debate over national security have thrust oil policy to the forefront of American politics. How did Americans grow so dependent on petroleum, and what can we learn from our history that will help us craft successful policies for the future? In this timely and absorbing book, Paul Sabin challenges us to see politics and law as crucial forces behind the dramatic growth of the U.S. oil market during the twentieth century. Using pre-World War II California as a case study of oil production and consumption, Sabin demonstrates how struggles in the legislature and courts over property rights, regulatory law, and public investment determined the shape of the state's petroleum landscape. Sabin provides a powerful corrective to the enduring myth of "free markets" by demonstrating how political decisions affected the institutions that underlie California's oil economy and how the oil market and price structure depend significantly on the ways in which policy questions were answered before World War II. His concise and probing analysis casts fresh light on the historical relationship between business and government and on the origins of contemporary problems such as climate change and urban sprawl. Incisive, engaging, and meticulously researched, Crude Politics illuminates an important chapter in U.S. environmental, legal, business, and political history and the history of the American West. 606 $aPetroleum industry and trade$xPolitical aspects$zCalifornia$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aPetroleum industry and trade$xGovernment policy$zCalifornia$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aEnergy policy$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 610 $aalternative energy. 610 $aamerican west. 610 $abig business. 610 $acalifornia oil. 610 $acalifornia. 610 $aclimate change. 610 $acrude oil. 610 $aenergy. 610 $aenvironment. 610 $aenvironmental issues. 610 $aenvironmentalism. 610 $aforeign policy. 610 $afossil fuels. 610 $afrontier. 610 $aglobal warming. 610 $agovernment policy. 610 $agovernment regulation. 610 $agovernment. 610 $aland rights. 610 $amiddle east. 610 $amineral rights. 610 $anational security. 610 $anonfiction. 610 $aoil consumption. 610 $aoil economy. 610 $aoil market. 610 $aoil policy. 610 $aoil production. 610 $apetroleum. 610 $aproperty rights. 610 $arenewable energy. 610 $asaudi arabia. 610 $aterrorism. 610 $aurban sprawl. 615 0$aPetroleum industry and trade$xPolitical aspects$xHistory 615 0$aPetroleum industry and trade$xGovernment policy$xHistory 615 0$aEnergy policy$xHistory 676 $a338.2/7282/0979409041 700 $aSabin$b Paul$f1970-$01547697 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910778472903321 996 $aCrude politics$93804209 997 $aUNINA