Finding oil the nature of petroleum geology, 1859-1920 /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator: Frehner, Brian.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Imprint: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, c2011.
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Online Access:Available in ProQuest Ebook Central - Academic Complete.
Table of Contents:
  • Vernacular authority in the oil field
  • Collaborative authority : nineteenth-century foundations of petroleum geology
  • Contested knowledge
  • Shared authority : practical oil men and professional geologists
  • Institutional authority : field work, universities, and surveys
  • Appropriated knowledge
  • Geology organized : Hhenry I. Doherty's technological system.