(Mobi] Panic at the Pump: The Energy Crisis and the Transformation of American Politics in the 1970s Epub
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An authoritative history of the energy crises of the 1970s and the world they wroughtIn Panic at the Pump, Meg Jacobs shows how a succession of crises beginning with the 1973 Arab oil embargo prompted American politicians to seek energy independence, and how their failure to do so shaped the world we live in. When the crisis hit, the Democratic Party was divided, with older New Deal liberals who prized access to affordable energy squaring off against young environmentalists who pushed for conservation. Meanwhile, conservative Republicans challenged both kinds of governmental activism and argued that there would be no energy crisis if the government got out of the way and let the market work. The result was a stalemate in Washington and panic across the country: miles-long gas lines, Big Oil conspiracy theories, even violent strikes by truckers.Jacobs argues that the energy crises of the 1970s became, for many Americans, an important object lesson in the limitations of governmental
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Author : Meg Jacobs
Pages : 384 pages
Publisher : Hill and Wang
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ISBN-10 : 0809075075
ISBN-13 : 9780809075072
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