| Book Review | Environmental History, 12.3

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Book Review

Crude Politics: The California Oil Market, 1900–1940. By Paul Sabin. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 2005. xx + 307 pp. Illustrations, map, notes, bibliography, index. Cloth $39.95.

There is a subtle muckraking quality to this book that by itself makes the hardcover price worth it. It has corrupt politicians, partisan judges, conflicts of interest, irate voters, beach defenders, and, of course, Big Oil. Readers in general and Californians in particular will find themselves raising their eyebrows and experiencing "a-ha" moments as they follow Sabin's journey into how California became the embodiment of the petrol-driven state. But that is not the primary point of the book.

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