The Party's Over: Oil, War and the Fate of Industrial Societies 0865714827, 9780865714823

War Dead: Western societies and the casualties of war 9781474465625

Wars in the industrial age kill large numbers of people. What do societies involved in these conflicts do with all the c

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Societies Beyond Oil: Oil Dregs and Social Futures 9781350222656, 9781780321684

What would a de-carbonised society be like? What are the implications of a general de-globalisation for our social futur

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Industrial Societies 0043013023, 9780043013021

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Suez 1956: The Inside Story of the First Oil War

In October 1956, Britain, France and Israel launched an attack on Egypt. For each of the contenders there was much more

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Oil, the Arab-Israel Dispute, and the Industrial World: Horizons of Crisis 0429697171, 9780429697173

This book is the product of a multinational project, sponsored by the Middle East Institute of Columbia University in co

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Flammable Societies : Studies on the Socio-economics of Oil and Gas [1 ed.] 9781849647120, 9780745331188

The impact of the oil and gas industry – paradoxically seen both as a blessing and a curse on socio-economic development

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Making sense of war: the Second World War and the fate of the Bolshevik Revolution 9780691057026, 9781400840854, 9780691095431

In Making Sense of War, Amir Weiner reconceptualizes the entire historical experience of the Soviet Union from a new per

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Beyond Rust: Metropolitan Pittsburgh and the Fate of Industrial America 9780812292022

Beyond Rust is among the first books of its kind to continue past the collapse of American manufacturing in the 1980s by

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The First World Oil War 1487500734, 9781487500733

Oil is the source of wealth and economic opportunity. Oil is also the root source of global conflict, toxicity and econo

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The First World Oil War 9781487511708

This original and pioneering study analyzes the evolution of oil as a catalyst for both war and diplomacy, and connects

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