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inauthor:"Diana Davids Hinton" from books.google.com
This book chronicles the explosive growth of the Texas oil industry from the first commercial production at Corsicana in the 1890s through the vital role of Texas oil in World War II. Using both archival records and oral histories, they ...
inauthor:"Diana Davids Hinton" from books.google.com
This book chronicles the explosive growth of the Texas oil industry from the first commercial production at Corsicana in the 1890s through the vital role of Texas oil in World War II. Using both archival records and oral histories, they ...
inauthor:"Diana Davids Hinton" from books.google.com
The new introduction brings the story up-to-date by addressing not only the subsequent careers of the wildcatters described in the book but also the role of independents in the current economy.
inauthor:"Diana Davids Hinton" from books.google.com
Shale Boom describes how independent oilman George P. Mitchell developed technology that would unlock trillions of cubic feet of natural gas in the North Texas rock formation known as the Barnett Shale.
inauthor:"Diana Davids Hinton" from books.google.com
Using the story of John D. Rockefeller and the Standard Oil Company, this book reveals how the negative image of the American petroleum industry was created and how it shaped public policy in ways sometimes at odds with the goals of ...
inauthor:"Diana Davids Hinton" from books.google.com
" As Texas changed from a rural to urban/industrial society, no group experienced this passage more vividly than oil field workers and their families. This book is a compelling chronicle of those times. -- from Book Jacket.
inauthor:"Diana Davids Hinton" from books.google.com
During the great oil speculations in the 1920s, both promoters and investors became victims of their common greed.