LEADER 02792nam 2200601Ia 450 001 9910461402703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-280-49828-5 010 $a9786613593511 010 $a0-8032-3837-1 035 $a(CKB)2670000000176526 035 $a(EBL)915034 035 $a(OCoLC)792741459 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000608456 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11364645 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000608456 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10607435 035 $a(PQKB)10624281 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC915034 035 $a(OCoLC)864844704 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse3739 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL915034 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10559304 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL359351 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000176526 100 $a20110310d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aFinding oil$b[electronic resource] $ethe nature of petroleum geology, 1859-1920 /$fBrian Frehner 210 $aLincoln $cUniversity of Nebraska Press$dc2011 215 $a1 online resource (249 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8032-3486-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aVernacular 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. 330 $aOil 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 606 $aPetroleum industry and trade$zUnited States$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aPetroleum industry and trade$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aPetroleum industry and trade$xHistory 615 0$aPetroleum industry and trade$xHistory 676 $a333.8/232097309034 700 $aFrehner$b Brian$0857227 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910461402703321 996 $aFinding oil$91914162 997 $aUNINA