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Overview"Energy 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." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Paul SabinPublisher: University of California Press Imprint: University of California Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.635kg ISBN: 9780520241985ISBN 10: 0520241983 Pages: 327 Publication Date: 13 December 2004 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock  The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Preface Acknowledgments Introduction: Structuring the Oil Market PART ONE -- Federal Property 1. The End of the Old Property Regime 2. The Politics of the 1920 Mineral Leasing Act PART TWO -- State Property 3. Beaches versus Oil in Southern California 4. The Same Unsavory Smell of Teapot Dome PART THREE -- Regulation 5. The Struggle to Control California Oil Production 6. Federalism and the Unruly California Oil Market PART FOUR -- Consumption 7. Transportation by Taxation 8. Defending the User-Financing System Conclusion: The Politics of Petroleum Prices Notes Bibliography IndexReviewsAuthor InformationPaul Sabin is a senior research scholar at Yale Law School and executive director of the nonprofit Environmental Leadership Program. He has taught U. S. economic and environmental history at Yale University and the Harvard Business School. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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