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Finding Oil - The Nature of Petroleum Geology, 1859-1920 (Paperback)
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Finding Oil - The Nature of Petroleum Geology, 1859-1920 (Paperback)
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Published in Cooperation with the William P. Clements Center for
Southwest Studies, Southern Methodist University. Because oil has
made fortunes, caused wars, and shaped nations, no one questions
the assertion that the quest for oil is a quest for power. The
question we should ask, Finding Oil suggests, is rather what kind
of power prospectors have wanted. This book revises oil's early
history by exploring the incredibly varied stories of the men who
pitted themselves against nature to unleash the power of oil. Brian
Frehner shows how, despite the towering presence of a figure like
John D. Rockefeller as a quintessential "oil man," prospectors were
a diverse lot who saw themselves, their interests, and their
relationships with nature in profoundly different ways. He traces
their various pursuits of power from 1859 to 1920 as a struggle for
cultural, intellectual, and professional authority over both nature
and their peers. Charting the intersection between human and
natural history, their stories trace the ever-evolving relationship
between science and industry and reveal the unexpected role geology
played in shaping our understanding of the history of oil.
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