Brian Black

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Petrolia: The Landscape of America's First Oil BoomHardcover, 16 June 2000

Petrolia: The Landscape of America's First Oil Boom
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Part of Series
Creating the North American Landscape
Part of Series
Creating the North American Landscape (Hardcover)
Part of Series
Hypatia Book
Print Length
256 pages
Language
English
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Date Published
16 Jun 2000
ISBN-10
0801863171
ISBN-13
9780801863172

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Winner of the Paul H. Giddens Prize in Oil History from Oil Heritage Region, Inc.

In Petrolia, Brian Black offers a geographical and social history of a region that was not only the site of America's first oil boom but was also the world's largest oil producer between 1859 and 1873. Against the background of the growing demand for petroleum throughout and immediately following the Civil War, Black describes Oil Creek Valley's descent into environmental hell. Known as "Petrolia," the region charged the popular imagination with its nearly overnight transition from agriculture to industry. But so unrestrained were these early efforts at oil drilling, Black writes, that "the landscape came to be viewed only as an instrument out of which one could extract crude." In a very short time, Petrolia was a ruined place--environmentally, economically, and to some extent even culturally. Black gives historical detail and analysis to account for this transformation.

Product Details

Author:
Brian Black
Book Format:
Hardcover
Country of Origin:
US
Date Published:
16 June 2000
Dimensions:
23.47 x 15.98 x 2.26 cm
ISBN-10:
0801863171
ISBN-13:
9780801863172
Language:
English
Location:
Baltimore
Pages:
256
Weight:
517.09 gm

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