Many readers will remember Daniel Yergin’s brilliant history of oil Prize, but that was 30 years ago and things look pretty different now. Here is the backdrop to Marriott & Macalister’s superb Crude Britannia.
A Pipeline Runs Through It: The Story of Oil from Ancient Times to the First World War
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£35.00
Edition:Hardback978024155822504/08/2022
Categories: 02. Summer Books 2022: History, Current Affairs, Politics & Economics, History, Summer Books 2022
Tags: Environment, World
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