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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Black, Brian, 1966- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2000.
Colección:Creating the North American landscape.
Temas:
Petroleum > Pennsylvania > Oil Creek Valley (Crawford County and Venango County, Pa.) > History.
Petroleum industry and trade > Pennsylvania > Oil Creek Valley (Crawford County and Venango County, Pa.) > History.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industries > Service.
Ecology
Petroleum
Petroleum industry and trade
Exploration pétrolière.
Industrie pétrolière.
Pétrole.
Histoire.
Impact environnemental.
Oil Creek Valley (Crawford County and Venango County, Pa.) > Environmental conditions > History.
Pennsylvania > Oil Creek Valley (Crawford County and Venango County)
Pennsylvanie (État)
Oil Creek Valley (Crawford County and Venango county, Pa.)
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: The Persistence of Oil on the Brain
  • Ch. 1. "A Good Time Coming for Whales"
  • Ch. 2. "A Triumph of Individualism"
  • Ch. 3. The Sacrificial Landscape of Petrolia
  • Ch. 4. Oil Creek as Industrial Apparatus
  • Ch. 5. "What Nature Intended This Place Should Be"
  • Ch. 6. Pithole : Boomtowns and the "Drawing Board City"
  • Ch. 7. Delusions of Permanence
  • Epilogue : The Legacy of Petrolia.

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