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[2013], c2012., Adolescent, Alfred A. Knopf Call No: ENVIRONMENTAL Edition: 1st trade pbk. ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Explores the important role oil plays in United States and the world, explains what oil is, and describes how oil has affected history, politics, society, and the economy.
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c2012., Pre-adolescent, Alfred A. Knopf Call No: HI-INT 553.2 MAR Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Discusses the story of oil that is very important to the world.
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[2013], c2012., Adolescent, Alfred A. Knopf Call No: 553.2 MAR Edition: 1st trade pbk. ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Explores the important role oil plays in United States and the world, explains what oil is, and describes how oil has affected history, politics, society, and the economy.
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2012., Juvenile, Alfred A. Knopf Call No: 553.2 8 Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Oil is not pretty, but it is a resource that drives the modern world. Without it, life as we know it today would be impossible. It fuels our engines, heats our homes, and powers the machines that make the everyday things we take for granted. This book explores what oil is, where it comes from, and the role it has played in America and the world.
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2012., Juvenile, Alfred A. Knopf Call No: 553.28 Mar Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Describes the growing worldwide dependence on oil, explores the search for an alternative, sustainable source of energy, and examines its impact on our future world. Includes photos, illustrations, and an index.
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[2013], c2012., Alfred A. Knopf Call No: 553.2 MARRIN Edition: 1st trade pbk. ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Describes the growing worldwide dependence on oil, explores the search for an alternative, sustainable source of energy, and examines its impact on our future world. Includes photos, illustrations, and an index.
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[2016]., Adolescent, Viking Call No: 338.7 62233820973 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: At the height of the great oil boom in the 1800s, John D. Rockefeller was seemingly unstoppable. By 1889, he was at the peak of his power, having created one of the largest monopolies in history, so powerful that even the U.S. government was wary of challenging the great "anaconda" of Standard Oil. The Standard never loses - that is, until the unlikely duo of Marcus Samuel and Henri Deterding teamed up to form Royal Dutch Shell, and set the stage for the toppling of Standard Oil.
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c1989, Silver Burdett Press Call No: 92 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: The American dreamSummary Note: Examines the life and career of the business tycoon and oilman who dominated one of the largest business empires ever built by a single man and died owning close to one billion dollars.
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2004., Pre-adolescent, Rosen Central Primary Source Call No: 973.8 JAR Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: America's industrial society in the 19th centurySummary Note: Chronicles the development of railroads, steel, and oil as moneymakers in nineteenth-century America, describing their impact on labor practices and everyday life in the U.S.
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2004., Rosen Central Primary Source Call No: 338.6 Jar Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: America's industrial society in the 19th centurySummary Note: Chronicles the development of railroads, steel, and oil as moneymakers in nineteenth-century America, describing their impact on labor practices and everyday life in the U.S.
