Table of Contents:

List of Illustrations

Preface

Acknowledgments

Introduction: Structuring the Oil Market

PART ONE — Federal Property
1. The End of the Old Property Regime
2. The Politics of the 1920 Mineral Leasing Act

PART TWO — State Property
3. Beaches versus Oil in Southern California
4. “The Same Unsavory Smell of Teapot Dome”

PART THREE — Regulation
5. The Struggle to Control California Oil Production
6. Federalism and the Unruly California Oil Market

PART FOUR — Consumption
7. “Transportation by Taxation”
8. Defending the User-Financing System

Conclusion: The Politics of Petroleum Prices

Notes

Bibliography

Index