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Finding oil : the nature of petroleum geology, 1859-1920 Brian Frehner
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks HD 9565 .F74 2011
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Frehner, Brian.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Petroleum industry and trade--United States--History--19th century.
- Petroleum industry and trade.
- Petroleum industry and trade--United States--History--20th century.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 232 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, c2011.
- Contents:
- Vernacular 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780803234864 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 0803234864 (cloth : alk. paper)
- OCLC:
- 706965640
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