Finding oil : the nature of petroleum geology, 1859-1920 /
Frehner, Brian.
Finding oil : the nature of petroleum geology, 1859-1920 / Brian Frehner. - Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©2011. - 1 online resource (xiv, 232 pages) : illustrations -
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.
English.
9780803238374 0803238371 1280498285 9781280498282 9786613593511 6613593516
ECD0176B-EC2C-4165-A85D-2E3113007412 OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com 22573/ctt1df4nph JSTOR
1800-1999
Petroleum industry and trade--History--United States--19th century.
Petroleum industry and trade--History--United States--20th century.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING--Petroleum.
HISTORY--State & Local--Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX)--United States
Petroleum industry and trade
Erdölindustrie
United States
USA
History
HD9565 / .F727 2011eb
333.8/232097309034
Finding oil : the nature of petroleum geology, 1859-1920 / Brian Frehner. - Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©2011. - 1 online resource (xiv, 232 pages) : illustrations -
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.
English.
9780803238374 0803238371 1280498285 9781280498282 9786613593511 6613593516
ECD0176B-EC2C-4165-A85D-2E3113007412 OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com 22573/ctt1df4nph JSTOR
1800-1999
Petroleum industry and trade--History--United States--19th century.
Petroleum industry and trade--History--United States--20th century.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING--Petroleum.
HISTORY--State & Local--Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX)--United States
Petroleum industry and trade
Erdölindustrie
United States
USA
History
HD9565 / .F727 2011eb
333.8/232097309034