Panic at the Pump: The Energy Crisis and the Transformation of American Politics in the 1970s
- ISBN-10
- 0809058472
- ISBN-13
- 9780809058471
- Category
- Business & Economics
- Pages
- 384
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2016-04-19
- Publisher
- Macmillan
- Author
- Meg Jacobs
Description
"A detailed historical narrative of the U.S. energy crisis in the 1970s and how policymakers responded to the turmoil"--
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