Öl und Souveränität : Petroknowledge und Energiepolitik in den USA und Westeuropa in den 1970er Jahren /

The importance of oil for modern economic and political regimes increased during the economic boom of the post-war decades. Yet in 1973-1974, rising oil prices and reduced production raised the specter of an uncertain future. Rüdiger Graf examines the national and international strategies formulated...

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Main Author: Graf, Rüdiger (Author)
Corporate Author: Walter de Gruyter & Co
Format: eBook
Language:German
Language Notes:In German.
Published: Berlin/Boston : De Gruyter Oldenbourg, [2014].
Series:Quellen und Darstellungen zur Zeitgeschichte; 103
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:The importance of oil for modern economic and political regimes increased during the economic boom of the post-war decades. Yet in 1973-1974, rising oil prices and reduced production raised the specter of an uncertain future. Rüdiger Graf examines the national and international strategies formulated to deal with this challenge to political sovereignty, exploring the first oil crisis in the context of the transformational processes of the 1970s.
Physical Description:1 online resource(xii,442p.) : illustrations.
Bibliography:5 schw.-w. Abb.
ISBN:9783110348750
3110348756