Crude Britannia: How Oil Shaped a Nation

by James Marriott and Terry Macalister

Taking the reader on a journey through North East Scotland, Merseyside, South Wales, the Thames Estuary and London, this is the story of Britain's oil-soaked past, present and future. Travelling the country, the authors discover how the financial power and political muscle of an industry built the culture of a nation from pop music to kitchen appliances, and how companies constructed an empire, extracting the wealth of the world from Iran to Nigeria...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0745341098
• ISBN13: 9780745341095
• Release Date: May 2021
• Publisher: Pluto Press (UK)
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"