Main entry:

Huber, Matthew T.

Title & Author:

Lifeblood : oil, freedom, and the forces of capital / Matthew T. Huber.

Publication:

©2013
Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2013]

Description:

xxi, 253 pages ; 22 cm

Series:

A quadrant book

Notes:
"A quadrant book."
Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-246) and index.
The power of oil? energy, machines, and the forces of capital -- Refueling capitalism : depression, oil, and the making of "the American way of life" -- Fractionated lives : refineries and the ecology of entrepreneurial life -- Shocked! "energy crisis," neoliberalism, and the construction of an apolitical economy -- Pain at the pump : gas prices, life, and death under neoliberalism -- Conclusion : energizing freedom.

Summary:

"Looking beyond the usual culprits, Lifeblood finds a deeper and more complex explanation in everyday practices of oil consumption in American culture. Matthew T. Huber uses oil to retell American political history from the triumph of New Deal liberalism to the rise of the New Right, from oil's celebration as the lifeblood of postwar capitalism to increasing anxieties over oil addiction."--Publisher's description.

Resources:
Book review (H-Net)

ISBN:

9780816677849 (hc ; alk. paper)
0816677840 (hc ; alk. paper)
9780816677856 (pb ; alk. paper)
0816677859 (pb ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Petroleum industry and trade United States.
Energy policy United States.
Capitalism United States.
Free enterprise United States.
Politique énergétique États-Unis.
Capitalism.
Energy policy.
Free enterprise.
Petroleum industry and trade.
Pétrole Industrie et commerce États-Unis.
Oljeindustri.
Kapitalism.
United States.
Förenta staterna.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 300510
Call No.: BIB 246706
Status: Available