| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 232 pages) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Vernacular authority in the oil field -- Collaborative authority : nineteenth-century foundations of petroleum geology -- Contested knowledge -- Shared authority : practical oil men and professional geologists -- Institutional authority : field work, universities, and surveys -- Appropriated knowledge -- Geology organized : Hhenry I. Doherty's technological system. |
| Summary |
Oil has made fortunes, caused wars, and shaped nations. Accordingly, no one questions the idea that the quest for oil is a quest for power. The question we should ask, Finding Oil suggests, is what kind of power prospectors have wanted. This book revises oil's early history by exploring the incredibly varied stories of the men who pitted themselves against nature to unleash the power of oil. Brian Frehner shows how, despite the towering presence of a figure like John D. Rockefeller as a quintessential "oil man," prospectors were a diverse lot who saw themselves, their interests, and their relat. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Petroleum industry and trade -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
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Petroleum industry and trade. |
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United States. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
19th century |
| Subject |
Petroleum industry and trade -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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| Chronological Term |
20th century |
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1800-1999 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books -- History.
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History.
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Electronic books -- History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Frehner, Brian. Finding oil. Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©2011 9780803234864 (DLC) 2011008716 (OCoLC)706965640 |
| ISBN |
9780803238374 (electronic book) |
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0803238371 (electronic book) |
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9780803234864 |
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0803234864 |
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