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Young Adult Nonfiction Politics & Government

Oil

A Groundwork Guide

by (author) James Laxer

series edited by Jane Springer

Publisher
Groundwood Books Ltd
Initial publish date
Mar 2008
Category
Politics & Government, General (see also headings under Animals or Technology)
Recommended Age
14 to 18
Recommended Grade
9 to 12
Recommended Reading age
14 to 18
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780888998163
    Publish Date
    Mar 2008
    List Price
    $11.00
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9780888998156
    Publish Date
    Mar 2008
    List Price
    $18.95
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781554980291
    Publish Date
    Mar 2008
    List Price
    $9.95

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Description

"[The Groundwork Guides] are excellent books, mandatory for school libraries and the increasing body of young people prepared to take ownership of the situations and problems previous generations have left them." -- Globe and Mail

Oil, our main source of energy, underlies the world's economy. In the twentieth century its availability and relatively low price allowed for the industrial growth and development of the world's leading economies. The new rapidly developing giants, India and China, want access to the same possibilities. But today we know that cheap, easily accessible oil supplies are dwindling, and we are beginning to recognize the true cost to the world's environment of our profligate use of this form of energy.

As Oil shows, a substantial portion of the world's remaining supply lies in countries whose interests are not identical with those of the major industrial powers.

About the authors

James Laxer, a professor of political science at York University in Toronto, has a wealth of experience analyzing American society. His best-selling book, Stalking the Elephant: My Discovery of America was described by Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist for the Boston Globe David Shribman as "a book by a Canadian that can change the United States." The book was by published by the New Press in New York under the title Discovering America: Travels in the Land of Guns, God and Corporate Gurus. One of Canada’s leading political thinkers, Laxer is frequently consulted for commentary of current national and global issues by the media. He lives in Toronto.

James Laxer's profile page

Jane Springer is the author of Genocide, part of the Groundwork Guides series for which she is also the series editor. She is a consultant in international development and has lived and worked in Mozambique and India. She is the author of Listen to Us: The World's Working Children and translator of the Portuguese-language books Nest Egg and Tales from the Amazon. Jane Springer lives in Toronto.

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Awards

  • Commended, Booklist Top 10 Youth Series - Nonfiction

Editorial Reviews

...[Oil] will offer readers who have a serious interest in the topic an enlightening industrial history...

Booklist

The little paperback books in this series cover an unexpected amount of material and provide and in-depth overview of the subjects related to contemporary political and social issues. The writing style is easy to comprehend, and the knowledge gained by the reader in a short time is surprising.

Multicultural Review

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