US and Azerbaijani oil in the nineteenth century : the two titans / Marius S. Vassiliou and Mir-Yusif Mir-Babayev.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vassiliou, M. S., author.

Mir-Babaev, M. F. (Mir-I︠U︡sif Fazil ogly), author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Petroleum industry and trade--United States--History--19th century.

Petroleum industry and trade.

Petroleum industry and trade--Azerbaijan--History--19th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (183 pages)

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2023]

Summary:

This book examines the history of oil in the United States and Azerbaijan during the nineteenth century, when the two economies were the overwhelmingly dominant global producers.

Contents:

US and Azerbaijani Oil in the Nineteenth Century

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1 Characterizing Nineteenth-Century Oil Production

2 Illumination: Nineteenth-Century Oil's "Killer App"

3 Before the Nineteenth Century

4 The First Modern Oil Well

5 Nineteenth-Century Oil in the United States

6 Nineteenth-Century Oil in Azerbaijan

7 Technology and Operations

Conclusion

Appendix A: Barrels and Poods

Appendix B: Important Individuals

Appendix C: Chronology

Appendix D: Statistical Tables

References

Index

About the Authors.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Vassiliou, Marius S. US and Azerbaijani Oil in the Nineteenth Century

ISBN:

1-7936-2953-6