The United States and the Global Struggle for Minerals / / Alfred E., Jr. Eckes, Alfred E.
In 1973–1974 soaring commodity prices and an oil embargo alerted Americans to the twin dangers of resource exhaustion and dependence on unreliable foreign materials suppliers. This period seemed to mark a watershed in history as the United States shifted from the era of relative resource abundance t...
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| Year of Publication: | 2021 |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Introduction
- Chapter One World War I and the Global Scramble for Resources
- Chapter Two Dependent America and the Quest for Mineral Self-Sufficiency
- Chapter Three Minerals and the Origins of World War II
- Chapter Four Resources for Victory
- Chapter Five "Have-Not" America and the Debate over Postwar Minerals Policy
- Chapter Six Minerals and the Cold War
- Chapter Seven The Paley Report: A Mid-Century Minerals Survey
- Chapter Eight From Scarcity to Plenty- President Eisenhower and Cold War Minerals Policy, 1953-1963
- Chapter Nine The Scramble for Resources Renewed
- Epilogue
- Appendix I. Average Annual U.S. Producer Price (Cents per Pound)
- Appendix 2 Net U.S. Imports of Selected Metals and Minerals as a Percentage of Apparent Consumption
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index