A pipeline runs through it : the story of oil from ancient times to the First World War /
by Fisher, Keith, (Journalist).
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BookPublisher: London : Penguin Books, 2024Description: 768 pages ; 20 cm.ISBN: 9780141999630 (pbk.) :; 0141999632 (pbk.) :.Classification number: 338.2728 FISSubject(s): Petroleum industry and trade -- History | Petroleum -- History | Petroleum industry and trade -- Moral and ethical aspects | Industry | Industry | General & world history | Industrialisation & industrial history | Geopolitics | Industry & industrial studies | Fossil fuel technologiesSummary: Petroleum has always been used by humans: as an adhesive by Neanderthals, as a waterproofing agent in Noah's Ark and as a weapon during the Crusades. Its eventual extraction from the earth in vast quantities transformed light, heat and power. 'A Pipeline Runs Through It' is a fresh, in-depth look at the social, economic, and geopolitical forces involved in our transition to the modern oil age. It tells an extraordinary origin story, from the pre-industrial history of petroleum through to large-scale production in the mid-nineteenth century and the development of a dominant, fully-fledged oil industry by the early twentieth century.
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Petroleum has always been used by humans: as an adhesive by Neanderthals, as a waterproofing agent in Noah's Ark and as a weapon during the Crusades. Its eventual extraction from the earth in vast quantities transformed light, heat and power. 'A Pipeline Runs Through It' is a fresh, in-depth look at the social, economic, and geopolitical forces involved in our transition to the modern oil age. It tells an extraordinary origin story, from the pre-industrial history of petroleum through to large-scale production in the mid-nineteenth century and the development of a dominant, fully-fledged oil industry by the early twentieth century.
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