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"In Petrolia Brian Black offers a geographical and social history of a region that was not only the site of America's first oil boom but was also the world's largest oil producer between 1859 and 1873. Against the background of changes in attitudes toward consumption and the growing demand for petroleum throughout and immediately following the Civil War, Black describes Oil Creek Valley's descent into environmental hell. Known as "Petrolia," the region charged the popular imagination with its nearly overnight transition from agriculture to industry. But so unrestrained were these early…
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2 editions- Paperback · English · 2003The Johns Hopkins University Press · 256 pages · 9780801877322
- Hardcover · English · 2000The Johns Hopkins University Press · 256 pages · 9780801863172
PetroleumEnvironmental conditionsPetroleum industry and tradeHistory
