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

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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Main Author: Frehner, Brian
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©2011.
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Online Access:DE-862
DE-863
Summary: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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xiv, 232 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780803238374
0803238371
1280498285
9781280498282
9786613593511
6613593516

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