03051nam 2200709Ia 450 99624831200331620240416173004.00-8018-7465-32027/heb30884(CKB)111056486615110(OCoLC)51494054(CaPaEBR)ebrary10021629(SSID)ssj0000220488(PQKBManifestationID)11218559(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000220488(PQKBWorkID)10142895(PQKB)10119324(SSID)ssj0000474913(PQKBManifestationID)12193681(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000474913(PQKBWorkID)10462790(PQKB)11785102(MiAaPQ)EBC3318156(Au-PeEL)EBL3318156(CaPaEBR)ebr10021629(OCoLC)923191316(dli)HEB30884(MiU) MIU01100000000000000000163(EXLCZ)9911105648661511019990802d2000 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrPetrolia the landscape of America's first oil boom /Brian Black1st ed.Baltimore Johns Hopkins University Pressc20001 online resource (253 p.) Creating the North American landscapeBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-8018-7732-6 0-8018-6317-1 Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-225) and index.Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction The Persistence of Oil on the Brain -- Chapter One "A Good Time Coming for Whales" -- Chapter Two "A Triumph of Individualism" -- Chapter Three The Sacrificial Landscape of Petrolia -- Chapter Four Oil Creek as Industrial Apparatus -- Chapter Five What Nature Intended This Place Should Be" -- Chapter Six Pithole: Boomtowns and the "Drawing Board City" -- Chapter Seven Delusions of Permanence -- Epilogue The Legacy of Petrolia -- Appendix Oil Boom Towns with Post Offices of Petrolia, Listing Years of Operation -- Notes -- Select Bibliography -- Index.Black gives historical detail and analysis to account for this transformation.Creating the North American landscape.Landscape of America's first oil boomPetroleumPennsylvaniaOil Creek Valley (Crawford County and Venango County)HistoryPetroleum industry and tradePennsylvaniaOil Creek Valley (Crawford County and Venango County)HistoryOil Creek Valley (Crawford County and Venango County, Pa.)Environmental conditionsHistoryPetroleumHistory.Petroleum industry and tradeHistory.338.4/76223382/0974897Black Brian1966-953072MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK996248312003316Petrolia2154704UNISA