LEADER 03594nam 2200733 450 001 996248347703316 005 20230202115517.0 010 $a0-674-01841-9 010 $a9780674037182 010 $a0-674-03718-9 024 7 $a10.4159/9780674037182 035 $a(CKB)1000000000786950 035 $a(EBL)3300112 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000214233 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11172281 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000214233 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10167389 035 $a(PQKB)11770231 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3300112 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3300388 035 $a(DE-B1597)584848 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780674037182 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC30166345 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL30166345 035 $a(dli)HEB32470 035 $a(MiU) MIU01100000000000000000562 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000786950 100 $a20230202d2005 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aOil empire $evisions of prosperity in Austrian Galicia /$fAlison Fleig Frank ; edited by Grant F. Scott 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aCambridge, Massachusetts :$cHarvard University Press,$d[2005] 210 4$dİ2005 215 $a1 online resource (366 p.) 225 0 $aHarvard Historical Studies ;$v149 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-674-01887-7 311 $a0-674-02541-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 330 $aAt the beginning of the twentieth century, the Austrian Empire ranked third among the world's oil-producing states (surpassed only by the United States and Russia), and accounted for five percent of global oil production. By 1918, the Central Powers did not have enough oil to maintain a modern military. How and why did the promise of oil fail Galicia (the province producing the oil) and the Empire? In a brilliantly conceived work, Alison Frank traces the interaction of technology, nationalist rhetoric, social tensions, provincial politics, and entrepreneurial vision in shaping the Galician oil industry. She portrays this often overlooked oil boom's transformation of the environment, and its reorientation of religious and social divisions that had defined a previously agrarian population, as surprising alliances among traditional foes sprang up among workers and entrepreneurs, at the workplace, and in the pubs and brothels of new oiltowns. Frank sets this complex story in a context of international finance, technological exchange, and Habsburg history as a sobering counterpoint to traditional modernization narratives. As the oil ran out, the economy, the population, and the environment returned largely to their former state, reminding us that there is nothing ineluctable about the consequences of industrial development. 410 0$aHarvard Historical Studies 517 3 $aVisions of prosperity in Austrian Galicia 606 $aSocial history 606 $aPetroleum industry and trade 606 $aEconomic history 607 $aGalicia (Poland and Ukraine)$xEconomic conditions 607 $aGalicia (Poland and Ukraine)$xSocial conditions 615 0$aSocial history. 615 0$aPetroleum industry and trade. 615 0$aEconomic history. 676 $a338.2728094386 700 $aFrank$b Alison Fleig$0845284 702 $aScott$b Grant F. 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a996248347703316 996 $aOil empire$91886143 997 $aUNISA