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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1. Verfasser: Frehner, Brian
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©2011.
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Zusammenfassung: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.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xiv, 232 pages) : illustrations
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780803238374
0803238371
1280498285
9781280498282
9786613593511
6613593516

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