Table of Contents:
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  • CHAPTER 1
  • Introduction
  • CHAPTER 2
  • "A National Crisis of the First Magnitude"
  • The United States Geological Survey in an Era of Booming Demand, 1909-1927
  • CHAPTER 3
  • "A New Era of Scarcity and Higher Prices"
  • Wartime Demand and the End of American Self-Reliance in Oil, 1940-1949
  • CHAPTER 4
  • "A Problem Unprecedented in Our History"
  • American Anxiety in the Age of OPEC, 1970-1986
  • CHAPTER 5
  • "A Permanent Radical Rise in Oil Prices"
  • Peak Oil Takes Wall Street, 1998-2013
  • CHAPTER 6
  • Conclusion.