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Crude Capitalism: Oil, Corporate Power, and the Making of the World Market

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How oil greases the wheels of global capitalism

**Awarded 2025 Best Book by an International Scholar, Global and Transnational Sociology Section of the American Sociological Association**

This expansive history traces the hidden connections between oil and capitalism from the late 1800s to the current climate crisis. Beyond simplistic narratives that frame oil as 'prize' or 'curse', Crude Capitalism uncovers the surprising ways that oil is woven into the fabric of our modern world: the rise o...