United States Oil Policy, 1890-1964: Business and Government in Twentieth Century America

by Gerald D. Nash

Book Overview

Gerald D. Nash offers a balanced survey on American oil policies over a seventy-five year span, and places in historical perspective the controversies of government- business relations that have resulted from oil depletion and surplus allowances. Focusing on a single industry, Nash provides a valuable study on the government's role in private economic activity. He concludes that Americans have given the government great power in regulating the nation's...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822984105
• ISBN13: 9780822984108
• Release Date: October 1968
• Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 8.9"