Book Review: "Myths of the oil boom" by Steven A. Yetiv
Few resources in history have been surrounded by as many myths as oil; only the obsession for gold in the mercantile era can perhaps be compared to the quest for hydrocarbons that has predominated since the twentieth century.
Review published for H-Energy, full text here: https://www.h-net.org/reviews/showpdf.php?id=45678
