Internal Combustion: How Corporations and Governments Addicted the World to Oil and Derailed the Alternatives

Edwin Black

ISBN 10: 0312359071 / ISBN 13: 9780312359072

Verlag: St. Martin's Press, 2006

Missing dust jacket; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers G0312359071I4N01

Inhaltsangabe:

An award-winning journalist and author of IBM and the Holocaust explains how the world became dependent on the use of oil, looking at the role of energy cartels and special interests in promoting petroleum over alternative resources, the origins of the modern-day oil crisis, and ways to kick the oil habit. 75,000 first printing.

Über die Autorinnen und Autoren:

Edwin Black is the award-winning, New York Times best-selling journalist and author of five previous books, including IBM and the Holocaust and War Against the Weak. He has been nominated eight times for the Pulitzer Prize, twice for the National Book Award. In 2003, Black won the top two awards of the American Society of Journalists and Authors,  Best  Book of the Year and  Best  Investigative  Article of the year, both for IBM and the Holocaust. His books have been published in 50 editions, in 13 languages in 60 countries, and he has appeared on numerous major news and current events TV and radio shows, including Oprah!, the Today Show, NBC's Dateline and CNN's Wolf Blitzer Reports.

Edwin Black is the award-winning, New York Times best-selling journalist and author of five previous books, including IBM and the Holocaust and War Against the Weak. He has been nominated eight times for the Pulitzer Prize, twice for the National Book Award. In 2003, Black won the top two awards of the American Society of Journalists and Authors,  Best  Book of the Year and  Best  Investigative  Article of the year, both for IBM and the Holocaust. His books have been published in 50 editions, in 13 languages in 60 countries, and he has appeared on numerous major news and current events TV and radio shows, including Oprah!, the Today Show, NBC's Dateline and CNN's Wolf Blitzer Reports.

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Internal Combustion: How Corporations and ...
Verlag: St. Martin's Press
Erscheinungsdatum: 2006
Einband: Hardcover
Zustand: Very Good
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