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Book Title
Asphalt : a History
Publication Name
Asphalt
Title
Asphalt
Subtitle
A History
Author
Kenneth O'reilly
Format
Hardcover
ISBN-10
1496222075
EAN
9781496222077
ISBN
9781496222077
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Genre
Technology & Engineering, Nature, Business & Economics, History
Topic
Engineering (General), Infrastructure, World, Natural Resources
Release Date
01/07/2021
Release Year
2021
Language
English
Country/Region of Manufacture
US
Item Height
1.5in
Item Length
9.1in
Publication Year
2021
Item Width
6.3in
Item Weight
24 Oz
Number of Pages
344 Pages

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La Brea Tar Pits once trapped prehistoric mammals. Today that killer has a chemical cousin in the Athabasca oil sands of Alberta, Canada--immense deposits of natural asphalt destined for upgrading to synthetic crude oil. If the harvesting of this natural asphalt continues unabated, we might find ourselves stuck in a muck of a different kind. Humanity has used asphalt for thousands of years. This humble hydrocarbon may have glued the first arrowhead to the first shaft, but the changes wrought by this material are most dramatic since its emergence as pavement. Since the 1920s the automobile and blacktop have allowed unprecedented numbers of Americans to experience the beauty of their continent from the Adirondacks to the Rockies and beyond, to Big Sur and the Pacific Coast Highway. Blacktop roads, runways, and parking lots constitute the central arteries of our environment, creating a distinct "political territory" and a "political economy of velocity." In Asphalt: A History Kenneth O'Reilly provides a history of this everyday substance. By tracing the history of asphalt--in both its natural and processed forms--from ancient times to the present, O'Reilly sets out to identify its importance within various contexts of human society and culture. Although O'Reilly argues that asphalt creates our environment, he believes it also eventually threatens it. Looking at its role in economics, politics, and global warming, O'Reilly explores asphalt's contribution to the history, and future, of America and the world.

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Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
ISBN-10
1496222075
ISBN-13
9781496222077
eBay Product ID (ePID)
2321447467

Product Key Features

Book Title
Asphalt : a History
Author
Kenneth O'reilly
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Engineering (General), Infrastructure, World, Natural Resources
Publication Year
2021
Genre
Technology & Engineering, Nature, Business & Economics, History
Number of Pages
344 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
9.1in
Item Height
1.5in
Item Width
6.3in
Item Weight
24 Oz

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Lc Classification Number
Ta455.A7.O74 2021
Reviews
"O'Reilly chronicles how asphalt enabled suburbanization and urban decay, segregation, warfare, and environmental degradation. Brimming with a range of colorful characters, Asphalt takes us to the far corners of the world, in the process providing a fresh perspective on some of the central themes of modern global history."--Sven Beckert, author of Empire of Cotton: A Global History, "Both a blessing and a curse, the progenitor of peace and the facilitator of violence, asphalt must be considered central to our understanding of modern history, and Kenneth O'Reilly convincingly explains why."--Darren Dochuk, author of Anointed with Oil: How Christianity and Crude Made Modern America, "As the best histories do, Asphalt uses the past to change our view of the present and, hopefully, the possibilities for our future. Read this book, step outside, and see our world anew."--Paul Bogard, author of The Ground Beneath Us, "It turns out that the story of asphalt is closely linked to the story of modernity--the smooth ride of our cars across the pavement ties into everything from the climate crisis to the racism inherent in tearing up our central cities for highways. A fascinating story that will reshape your sense of what binds the world together."--Bill McKibben, author of Falter: Has the Human Game Begun to Play Itself Out?, "Full of forceful characters from Nebuchadnezzar to the Koch brothers and ranging from the Dead Sea's asphalt seeps to Alberta's oil sands, this carefully researched book tells the story of one of the key substances shaping our world."--J. R. McNeill, past president of the American Historical Association, "Kenneth O'Reilly's wide-ranging story of seduction and threat is rich in iridescent detail and full of surprising twists."--Graeme Wynn, past president of the American Society for Environmental History
Table of Content
Preface Introduction: Power, Culture, Space Part 1. Before Blacktop 1. Nature: Tar Pits and Asphalt Volcanoes 2. Use: Fired Bricks and Mummy Wars 3. Faith: Asphalt's Dark Ages Part 2. Coming to America 4. Triumph: The Blacktop Dawn 5. Duty: Conquering Poverty and Mud, Reich and Rising Sun 6. Crusades: Asphalt in the Cold War 7. Angles: Terrorists, Tricksters, Tea Partiers 8. Overburden: The Oil-Sand Century Conclusion: The Other Black Hole Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography Index
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
2020-030292
Dewey Decimal
620.1/9609
Dewey Edition
23

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