Finding oil : the nature of petroleum geology, 1859-1920 /

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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 inc...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Frehner, Brian
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©2011.
Temas:
1800-1999
Petroleum industry and trade > United States > History > 19th century.
Petroleum industry and trade > United States > History > 20th century.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Petroleum.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX)
Petroleum industry and trade
Erdölindustrie
United States
USA
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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