LEADER 03051nam 2200709Ia 450 001 996248312003316 005 20240416173004.0 010 $a0-8018-7465-3 024 7 $a2027/heb30884 035 $a(CKB)111056486615110 035 $a(OCoLC)51494054 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10021629 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000220488 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11218559 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000220488 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10142895 035 $a(PQKB)10119324 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000474913 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12193681 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000474913 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10462790 035 $a(PQKB)11785102 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3318156 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3318156 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10021629 035 $a(OCoLC)923191316 035 $a(dli)HEB30884 035 $a(MiU) MIU01100000000000000000163 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111056486615110 100 $a19990802d2000 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aPetrolia $ethe landscape of America's first oil boom /$fBrian Black 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aBaltimore $cJohns Hopkins University Press$dc2000 215 $a1 online resource (253 p.) 225 1 $aCreating the North American landscape 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-8018-7732-6 311 $a0-8018-6317-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 219-225) and index. 327 $aIntro -- 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. 330 $aBlack gives historical detail and analysis to account for this transformation. 410 0$aCreating the North American landscape. 517 3 $aLandscape of America's first oil boom 606 $aPetroleum$zPennsylvania$zOil Creek Valley (Crawford County and Venango County)$xHistory 606 $aPetroleum industry and trade$zPennsylvania$zOil Creek Valley (Crawford County and Venango County)$xHistory 607 $aOil Creek Valley (Crawford County and Venango County, Pa.)$xEnvironmental conditions$xHistory 615 0$aPetroleum$xHistory. 615 0$aPetroleum industry and trade$xHistory. 676 $a338.4/76223382/0974897 700 $aBlack$b Brian$f1966-$0953072 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a996248312003316 996 $aPetrolia$92154704 997 $aUNISA