A Pipeline Runs Through It: The Story of Oil from Ancient Times to the First World War Subclass_Family Sociology adventurous history of key events

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Miki Agrawal

A Pipeline Runs Through It: The Story of Oil from Ancient Times to the First World War Subclass_Family Sociology adventurous history of key eventsPetroleum has always been used by humans: as an adhesive by Neanderthals, as a waterproofing agent in Noah's Ark and as a weapon during the Crusades. Its eventual extraction from the earth in vast quantities transformed light, heat and power. A Pipeline Runs Through It is a fresh, comprehensive in depth look at the social, economic, political and geopolitical forces involved in our transition to the modern oil age. It tells an extraordinary origin