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Crude politics : the California oil market, 1900-1940
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Crude politics : the California oil market, 1900-1940 / Paul Sabin.
ISBN
0520241983 (cloth : alk. paper)
Published
Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press, c2005.
Physical Description
xx, 307 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
December 15, 2004
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-295) and index.
Contents
The end of the old property regime
"The committee is very friendly": 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.
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