Lifeblood: Oil, Freedom, and the Forces of Capital
Matthew T. Huber
University of Minnesota Press, December 2013

Looking beyond the usual culprits, "Lifeblood" finds a deeper and more complex explanation in everyday practices of oil consumption in American culture. Matthew Huber, associate professor of geography and the environment, uses oil to retell American political history from the triumph of New Deal liberalism to the rise of the New Right, from oil’s celebration as the lifeblood of postwar capitalism to increasing anxieties over oil addiction.
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