List of charts and figures
List of tables
Editors' preface
Acknowledgments
List of abbreviations
1. Introduction: the political economy of energy
Part I. The Transition to Peace and Fluid Fuels, 1945-58: 2. The foundations of postwar policy
3. 'Stepping right out' with synthetic fuels
4. Regulating natural gas in the absence of economics
5. Oil imports: the failure of voluntarism
Part II. Managing Surplus Through the Politics of Stasis, 1959-68: 6. Oil import quotas
7. Formula for shortage: natural gas price controls
8. Sunfuels revisited: nostrum for the coal industry
Part III. The Second Energy Transition: Adjustment to Depletion, 1969-80: 9. Energy crisis and structural change
10. Equity versus efficiency: oil price controls
11. Natural gas: the dilemma of regulatory transition
12. Natural gas: the consequences of scarcity
13. National energy management
14. Business, government, and public policy
Index.
