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Petrolia : the landscape of America's first oil boom /
"In Petrolia Brian Black offers a geographical and social history of a region that was not only the site of America's first oil boom but was also the world's largest oil producer between 1859 and 1873. Against the background of changes in attitudes toward consumption and the growing d...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Baltimore :
Johns Hopkins University Press,
2000.
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| Colección: | Creating the North American landscape.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "In Petrolia Brian Black offers a geographical and social history of a region that was not only the site of America's first oil boom but was also the world's largest oil producer between 1859 and 1873. Against the background of changes in attitudes toward consumption and the growing demand for petroleum throughout and immediately following the Civil War, Black describes Oil Creek Valley's descent into environmental hell. Known as "Petrolia," the region charged the popular imagination with its nearly overnight transition from agriculture to industry. But so unrestrained were these early efforts at oil drilling, Black writes, that "the landscape came to be viewed only as an instrument out of which one could extract crude." In a very short time, Petrolia was a ruined place - environmentally, economically, and to some extent even culturally Black gives historical detail and analysis to account for this transformation."--Jacket |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xii, 235 pages) : illustrations, maps. |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-225) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0801874653 9780801874659 0801863171 9780801863172 |
| Acceso: | Access restricted to Ryerson students, faculty and staff. |