Petrolia: the landscape of America's first oil boom

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 c...

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Beteilige Person: Black, Brian C. 1966- (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Baltimore The Johns Hopkins University Press 2000
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Zusammenfassung: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."--BOOK JACKET
Umfang:xii, 235 Seiten Illustrationen 23 cm
ISBN:0801863171