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Oil in Texas : the gusher age, 1895-1945 /
As the twentieth century began, oil in Texas was easy to find, but the quantities were too small to attract industrial capital and production. Then, on January 10, 1901, the Spindletop gusher blew in. Over the next fifty years, oil transformed Texas, creating a booming economy that built cities, att...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Austin :
University of Texas Press,
2002.
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| Edición: | 1st ed. |
| Colección: | Clifton and Shirley Caldwell Texas heritage series ;
no. 3. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- The Road to Spindletop
- The First Great Boom
- After the Boom
- Oily Water and Black Gold
- The Rising Tide of Oil
- Oil in Cow Country
- The Colossus of Texas Booms
- Survival and Growth
- Texas Oil Goes to War.