Petrolia: The Landscape of America's First Oil Boom
(Part of the Creating the North American Landscape Series)
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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...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0801877326
ISBN13:9780801877322
Release Date:November 2003
Publisher:Johns Hopkins University Press
Length:256 Pages
Weight:0.90 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"
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