Finding oil : the nature of petroleum geology, 1859-1920 /
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| Author / Creator: | Frehner, Brian. |
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| Imprint: | Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, c2011. |
| Description: | xiv, 232 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8952406 |
Table of Contents:
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part 1. Local Knowledge
- 1. Vernacular Authority in the Oil Field
- 2. Nineteenth-Century Foundations of Petroleum Geology
- Part 2. Contested Knowledge
- 3. Shared Authority: Practical Oil Men and Professional Geologists
- 4. Institutional Authority: Field Work, Universities, and Surveys
- Part 3. Appropriated Knowledge
- 5. Geology Organized: Henry L. Doherty's Technological System
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
