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Author:

Frehner, Brian.

Title:

Finding oil : the nature of petroleum geology, 1859-1920 / Brian Frehner.

Publisher:

University of Nebraska Press,

Copyright Date:

c2011

Description:

xiv, 232 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Petroleum industry and trade--United States--History--19th century.
Petroleum industry and trade--United States--History--20th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

ISBN:

0803234864 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780803234864 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)706965640

LCCN:

2011008716

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)