Hydrocarbon hucksters : lessons from Louisiana on oil, politics, and environmental justice /

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"Hydrocarbon Hucksters is the saga of the oil industry's takeover of Louisiana--its leaders, its laws, its environment, and, by rechanneling the flow of public information, its voters. It is a chronicle of mindboggling scientific and technical triumphs sharing the same public stew with myt...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Zebrowski, Ernest
Otros Autores: Zebrowski Leach, Mariah
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, [2014]
Temas:
Since 1951
Petroleum industry and trade > Political aspects > Louisiana.
Petroleum industry and trade > Environmental aspects > Louisiana.
Pétrole > Industrie et commerce > Aspect politique > Louisiane.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Environmental Policy.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
NATURE > Environmental Conservation & Protection.
Economic history.
Petroleum industry and trade > Environmental aspects.
Petroleum industry and trade > Political aspects.
Politics and government.
Louisiana > Politics and government > 1951-
Louisiana > Economic conditions.
Louisiane > Politique et gouvernement > 1951-
Louisiane > Conditions économiques.
Louisiana.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Contents; Preface; Louisiana by the Numbers; 1. The Well from Hell; 2. Black Gold; 3. Onto the Shelves; 4. Oops-1980; 5. More Oops-1969, 1979, and 1989; 6. Social Scruples Bedeviled; 7. Chemical Voodoo; 8. What Do the Simple Folk Do?; 9. Of Wisdom and Folly; 10. Drill, Baby, Drill; 11. The Oil Industry's Gifts Keep Giving; 12. Can America Learn?; Source Notes; Further Reading; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y.

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