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Index
Title
Contents
Prologue
Part 1: Chicago, 1923–1929
1. The Journey
2. Pioneers’ Eyes
3. Bugged Out
4. Complete Rebellion
Part 2: New York City and Washington, DC, 1930–1943
5. The Meeting
6. The Fad
7. Lessons
8. Borderlands
9. The Swiftest Decline
10. Fighting Mad
11. Total Mobilization
Part 3: Houston, 1943–1956
12. No Doubt
13. The Million-Dollar Lab
14. A Precarious Position
15. The Parley
16. Stampede
17. A Magical Effect
18. Sweeping Under the Rug
19. Jolted
Part 4: Houston, Texas, and Washington, DC, 1956–1973
20. Guesstimating
21. The Beer-Can Experiment
22. Presto! Chango!
23. The Rich Texans
24. A Grand Survey
25. Penny Pinching
26. Returning Home
27. The Zapp Hypothesis
28. Ruthless
29. Energy Crisis
30. Limits
31. The Republican Ethic
Part 5: Washington, DC, 1973–1989
32. 180 Degrees
33. This Sacred Thing of Growth
34. Blueprints
35. Buoyed Up
36. Incomprehensibly Large Numbers
37. The Prophet
38. Hubbert Factors
39. Heroic Dreams
40. Things We Could Do Tomorrow
Epilogue: 1990–2015
Sources
Notes
Bibliography
Recommended Reading
Acknowledgments
Credits and Permissions for Figures
Index
Copyright
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