02759nam 2200589Ia 450 991079012470332120230725033257.01-280-49828-597866135935110-8032-3837-1(CKB)2670000000176526(EBL)915034(OCoLC)792741459(SSID)ssj0000608456(PQKBManifestationID)11364645(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000608456(PQKBWorkID)10607435(PQKB)10624281(MiAaPQ)EBC915034(OCoLC)864844704(MdBmJHUP)muse3739(Au-PeEL)EBL915034(CaPaEBR)ebr10559304(CaONFJC)MIL359351(EXLCZ)99267000000017652620110310d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrFinding oil[electronic resource] the nature of petroleum geology, 1859-1920 /Brian FrehnerLincoln University of Nebraska Pressc20111 online resource (249 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8032-3486-4 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, theirPetroleum industry and tradeUnited StatesHistory19th centuryPetroleum industry and tradeUnited StatesHistory20th centuryPetroleum industry and tradeHistoryPetroleum industry and tradeHistory333.8/232097309034Frehner Brian1468649MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910790124703321Finding oil3679937UNINA