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Finding oil : the nature of petroleum geology, 1859-1920

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Main Author: Frehner, Brian.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, c2011.
Subjects and Genres:
Petroleum industry and trade > United States > History > 19th century.
Petroleum industry and trade > United States > History > 20th century.
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Table of 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.

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