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Petroleum Politics and the Texas Railroad Commission by David F. Prindle (1981, Hardcover)

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As a result, the Commission has for decades exerted a profound influence on United States and world energy policy. David Prindle examines in detail seven policymaking episodes, covering five decades of the Commissions history.

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Product Identifiers

PublisherUniversity of Texas Press

ISBN-10029276474X

ISBN-139780292764743

eBay Product ID (ePID)23038294558

Product Key Features

Book TitlePetroleum Politics and the Texas Railroad Commission

Number of Pages240 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year1981

TopicUnited States / State & Local / General, Petroleum

GenreTechnology & Engineering, History

AuthorDavid F. Prindle

Book SeriesElma Dill Russell Spencer Foundation Ser.

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.6 in

Item Weight13.6 Oz

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ReviewsA lively book about an obscure state regulatory body that, through an accident of geology and jurisdiction, wields enormous power in determining how oil and gas are produced and sold in this country. Prindle delights in pointing out the cozy relationship between the Texas Railroad Commission and the industries it regulates.... Prindle, who writes with a fine ability to make technical and economic issues interesting, is appalled by the free-market rhetoric so often mouthed by producers in recent years.... Debate over government regulation takes place in a twilight zone between outright propaganda and cherished myth, he writes....

Dewey Edition23

Series Volume Number12

Dewey Decimal338.272809764