Market madness: a century of oil panics, crises, and crashes

1. Introduction

2."A National Crisis of the First Magnitude" : The United States Geological Survey in an Era of Booming Demand, 1909-1927

3. "A New Era of Scarcity and Higher Prices" : Wartime Demand and the End of American Self-Reliance in Oil, 1940-1949

4. "A Problem Unprecedented in Our History" : American Anxiety in the Age of OPEC, 1970-1986

5. "A Permanent Radical Rise in Oil Prices" : Peak Oil descends on Wall Street, 1998-2013

6. Conclusion.