Finding oil: the nature of petroleum geology, 1859-1920
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1. Verfasser: Frehner, Brian (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Lincoln University of Nebraska Press ©2011
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Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
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
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 incredibly varied stories of the men who pitted themselves against nature to unleash the power of oil. Brian Frehner shows how, despite the towering presence of a figure like John D. Rockefeller as a quintessential "oil man," prospectors were a diverse lot who saw themselves, their interests, and their relat
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ISBN:9780803238374
0803238371
9780803234864
0803234864

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