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Texans in World War II offers an informative look at the challenges
and changes faced by Texans on the home front during the Second
World War. This collection of essays by leading scholars of Texas
history covers topics from the African American and Tejano
experience to organized labor, from the expanding opportunities for
women to the importance of oil and agriculture. Texans in World War
II makes local the frequently studied social history of wartime,
bringing it home to Texas.An eye-opening read for Texans eager to
learn more about this defining era in their state's history, this
book will also prove deeply informative for scholars, students, and
general readers seeking detailed, definitive information about
World War II and its implications for daily life, economic growth,
and social and political change in the Lone Star State.
Everette Lee DeGolyer wore many hats--and he wore them with
distinction. Though not a geophysicist, he helped make geophysics
central to oil exploration. Though not a politician, he played an
important role in the national politics of energy. Though trained
as a geologist, he became an important business executive. DeGolyer
left his stamp on oil exploration and his name on a number of
philanthropic institutions, including the DeGolyer Library at
Southern Methodist University. This account of DeGolyer's life, at
once readable and yet authoritative, covers the period from his
training with the United States Geological Survey in the American
West, to his geological exploration of Mexico during the Revolution
of the 1910s, his pioneering investment in geophysical prospecting
technologies, and his work on behalf of the United States
government in World War II, including a ground-breaking secret
mission to the Middle East. Houston Mount develops his account of
the career of Everette Lee DeGolyer in a way that provides a useful
lens through which to examine the rising fortunes of earth
scientists in the oil industry and in government--a process for
which DeGolyer's spectacular career was both an exemplar and a
catalyst.
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