[PW] Re: ?petro-imperialism

[Fred Shapiro]

On Thu, 25 May 2006, John Henderson wrote:

> before its publication.  Here's a Fred Shapiro-esque question: What is
> the earliest use of the term? Was Kevin Phillips using the term before
> American Theocracy was published? Answer would be helpful, be not
> essential, for some research a politics professor is pursuing.
> I don't find the term in JSTOR, Historical NYT or Wall Street Journal,
> and there is no pre-Kevin Phillips use of the term that I can find in
> Lexis-Nexis. The library's copy of American Theocracy is currently

I find the following on Nexis:

These running dogs of petro-imperialism gave us hand fatigue and 
gas-soaked hands to encourage some of us to opt for the more expensive 
full-service fill-up.
 	Miami New Times, Jan. 1, 1992

Fred Shapiro


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