Oil and Gas

Oil and Gas

Adam Hanieh and his book, "Crude Capitalism: Oil, Corporate Power, and the Making of the World Market"

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Saturday, April 12, 2025

Apr 12, 2025

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A groundbreaking history of oil and its importance to US politics, finance, militarism and consumerism from an award-winning author and scholar.

The book provides an original and fine-grained empirical analysis of corporate ownership and control, including refining and petrochemicals. By exposing these structures of power and placing oil in capitalism, the book makes an essential contribution to debates around oil-dependency and the struggle for climate justice.

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