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Manna From Hell: Petroleum, Militarism, Counterrevolution, and World Wars

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For countless millennia, oil lay deep in the Earth like a curse of great richness, a sinister gift to humankind: “manna from hell.” This seductive manna, the entombed remains of ancient living flora and fauna, fueled the fortunes of a few; the transportation revolution; the industrial productivity and warfare of the 20th century; and turned nation-states against one another. Los Angeles has been a mighty metropolis in this era of petroleum. The petroleum basis of social power was a major pillar of the autocratic, militaristic, anti-democratic political culture of Los Angeles, whose chief architects, their enterprises great and global, are traced in this series of narrative essays.

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Contents of this path:

  1. Manna From Hell: Petroleum, Power, and Injustice
  2. “Doheny El Cruel”: The Chihuahua Connection
  3. Los Ángeles contra La Raza Cósmica
  4. Hell’s Angels: Air and Power in a Cinematic Metropolis
  5. Space Station Los Angeles