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S5 E4: Up to Heaven and Down to Hell

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The American oil industry took off right at the start of the Civil War. Darren Docek says oil emerges as a powerful driver of a damaged post-war nation trying to rebuild itself. "Oil in subsequent decades after the Civil War really assumes a unique quality, more so than let's say coal or other natural resources"

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