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Crude World: The Violent Twilight of Oil (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781400075454)
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xThe catastrophic oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico has brought new attention to the huge costs of our oil dependence. In this stunning and revealing book, Peter Maass examines the social, political, and environmental impact of petroleum on the countries that produce it.
Every unhappy oil-producing nation is unhappy in its own way, but all are touched by the "resource curse"--the power of oil to exacerbate existing problems and create new ones. Peter Maass presents a vivid portrait of the troubled world oil has created. From Saudi Arabia to Equatorial Guinea, from Venezuela to Iraq, the stories of rebels, royalty, middlemen, environmentalists, indigenous activists, and CEOs--all deftly and sensitively presented--come together in this startling and essential account of the consequences of our addiction to oil.Author: Peter Maass
ISBN-10: 1400075459
ISBN-13: 9781400075454
Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group
Language: English
Published: 08/10/2010
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.32w x 0.63d
Review Citation(s):
New York Times Book Review 09/19/2010 pg. 24
By Peter Maass
xPeter Maass is a contributing writer to The New York Times Magazine and has reported from the Middle East, Asia, South America and Africa. He has written as well for The New Yorker, The Atlantic Monthly, The Washington Post and Slate. Maass is the author of Love Thy Neighbor: A Story of War, which chronicled the Bosnian war and won prizes from the Overseas Press Club and the Los Angeles Times. He lives in New York City.
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