Bibliograph

Black gold, the story of oil in our lives, Albert Marrin

Type

Label

Black gold, the story of oil in our lives, Albert Marrin

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

mapsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Black gold

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

714724480

Responsibility statement

Albert Marrin

Sub title

the story of oil in our lives

Summary

A history of the slick and foul-smelling substance that drives our existence and that becomes scarcer as our dependence on it grows

Table Of Contents

Prologue : how Daddy nearly blew himself up -- A freak of geology -- Black gold -- The destiny of nations -- Automobiles and Middle Eastern oil -- Hopeless monsters -- Richest prize, greatest problem -- A day of reckoning -- Fossil fuels and the natural environment -- Toward a new energy order

Target audience

juvenile

Classification