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Oil and American Identity: A Culture of Dependency and US Foreign Policy
Sebastian Herbstreuth
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Description for Oil and American Identity: A Culture of Dependency and US Foreign Policy
Hardcover. Series: Library of Modern American History. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JPS; KCLT; KNBP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
American dependence on foreign oil has long been described as a serious threat to U.S. national security, and continues to be a political flashpoint even as domestic fracking eases the US' reliance on imported energy. Oil and American Identity offers a fresh perspective on the subject by reframing 'energy dependency' as a cultural discourse with intimate connections to American views on independence, freedom, consumption, abundance, progress and American exceptionalism. Through a detailed reading of primary literature, Sebastian Herbstreuth also shows how the dangers of foreign oil are linked to American descriptions of foreign oil producers as culturally different und thus ... Read more
American dependence on foreign oil has long been described as a serious threat to U.S. national security, and continues to be a political flashpoint even as domestic fracking eases the US' reliance on imported energy. Oil and American Identity offers a fresh perspective on the subject by reframing 'energy dependency' as a cultural discourse with intimate connections to American views on independence, freedom, consumption, abundance, progress and American exceptionalism. Through a detailed reading of primary literature, Sebastian Herbstreuth also shows how the dangers of foreign oil are linked to American descriptions of foreign oil producers as culturally different und thus ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Series
Library of Modern American History
Condition
New
Number of Pages
280
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781784531492
SKU
V9781784531492
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About Sebastian Herbstreuth
Sebastian Herbstreuth completed his PhD in American History, Politics and International Relations at Cambridge University. He is currently Post-Doctoral Researcher at the Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Cambridge.
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