United States Oil Policy, 1890-1964
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United States Oil Policy, 1890-1964

Business and Government in Twentieth Century America

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eBook - PDF
Available until 9 Feb |Learn more

United States Oil Policy, 1890-1964

Business and Government in Twentieth Century America

About this book

Gerald D. Nash offers a balanced survey on American oil policies over a seventy-five year span, and places in historical perspective the controversies of government- business relations that have resulted from oil depletion and surplus allowances. Focusing on a single industry, Nash provides a valuable study on the government's role in private economic activity. He concludes that Americans have given the government great power in regulating the nation's industries, and in particular, as they relate to defense considerations, and the laws of supply and demand within American borders, and internationally.

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Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Preface
  3. 1. Emergence of a New Industry and Public Policy, 1890–1917
  4. 2. The Wilson War Program
  5. 3. U.S. Oil Policy Overseas: The Middle East, the Pacific, and Latin America, 1919–1924
  6. 4. After Teapot Dome: Calvin Coolidge and the Management of Petroleum Resources, 1924–1929
  7. 5. Herbert Hoover's Oil Problems
  8. 6. State Policies During the Great Depression, 1929–1933
  9. 7. A New Deal for Oil
  10. 8. World War II
  11. 9. Forging Consensus: Oil Policies Under Truman and Eisenhower
  12. 10. Natural Gas: The Struggle Over Public Control, 1945–1964
  13. 11. Conclusion: Cooperation in American Economic Policy
  14. Appendix
  15. Bibliographical Essay
  16. Index