附註:Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-331) and index.
1. The Modern Myth of King Midas: Structure, Choice, and the Development Trajectory of States -- 2. Spanish Gold to Black Gold: Commodity Booms Then and Now -- 3. The Special Dilemma of the Petro-State -- 4. The Making of a Petro-State -- 5. Oil and Regime Change: The Institutions of Pacted Democracy -- 6. The Instant Impact of a Bonanza -- 7. The Politics of Rent Seeking -- 8. From Boom to Bust: The Crisis of Venezuelan Democracy -- 9. Petro-States in Comparative Perspective -- 10. Commodities, Booms, and States Revisited.