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- catalog abstract "In this intricate narrative, Lawrence Goodwyn has undertaken to penetrate the legend of the wildcatter and bring into focus the people who endeavored to act out the American Dream in the remote corners of oil country. It is surprising to discover early on - even before the outlines of the wildcatter become clear - other vague but seemingly omnipotent actors occupying center stage: major oil companies. Independents and the majors are found to be abrasively yoked in. Awkward embrace: what immediately becomes clear for the first time in this intimate study is that the presence of one helps in central ways to define the other. Indeed, the whole relationship of individual enterprise to corporate enterprise becomes uniquely visible in the sources amassed over half a century by the Texas Independent Producers and Royalty Owners Association. Texas Oil, American Dreams has a compelling quality whose ultimate meaning extends far beyond the. Borders of Texas because the enterprise of oil-finding and the wildcatters who have lived it constitute one of the most intense expressions of individual American striving. Above all, they kept careful records of their own efforts - when they prevailed and why, and when they met defeat and why.".
- catalog contributor b10439295.
- catalog created "c1996.".
- catalog date "1996".
- catalog date "c1996.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1996.".
- catalog description "Awkward embrace: what immediately becomes clear for the first time in this intimate study is that the presence of one helps in central ways to define the other. Indeed, the whole relationship of individual enterprise to corporate enterprise becomes uniquely visible in the sources amassed over half a century by the Texas Independent Producers and Royalty Owners Association. Texas Oil, American Dreams has a compelling quality whose ultimate meaning extends far beyond the.".
- catalog description "Borders of Texas because the enterprise of oil-finding and the wildcatters who have lived it constitute one of the most intense expressions of individual American striving. Above all, they kept careful records of their own efforts - when they prevailed and why, and when they met defeat and why.".
- catalog description "Foreword / Don E. Carleton -- Introduction: First a Tradition, Then a Method of Survival -- 1. Democracy Comes to the World of Oil -- 2. "Anarchy" vs "Order": Independents and the Majors -- 3. Closing Ranks -- 4. The Warning Years -- 5. Transformation -- 6. An Expanding Realm of Surprises -- 7. The Way of Life -- Appendix. TIPRO Presidents, 1946-1996.".
- catalog description "In this intricate narrative, Lawrence Goodwyn has undertaken to penetrate the legend of the wildcatter and bring into focus the people who endeavored to act out the American Dream in the remote corners of oil country. It is surprising to discover early on - even before the outlines of the wildcatter become clear - other vague but seemingly omnipotent actors occupying center stage: major oil companies. Independents and the majors are found to be abrasively yoked in.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [265]-267) and index.".
- catalog extent "xiii, 274 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Texas oil, American dreams.".
- catalog identifier "0876111584 (alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Texas oil, American dreams.".
- catalog isPartOf "Barker Texas History Center series (Texas State Historical Association) ; no. 5.".
- catalog isPartOf "Barker Texas History Center series ; no. 5".
- catalog issued "1996".
- catalog issued "c1996.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Austin, Tex. : Published for the Center for American History by the Texas State Historical Association,".
- catalog relation "Texas oil, American dreams.".
- catalog spatial "Texas".
- catalog subject "338.2/78/060764 20".
- catalog subject "HD9567.T3 G66 1996".
- catalog subject "Oil and gas leases Texas History.".
- catalog subject "Petroleum industry and trade Texas History.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Foreword / Don E. Carleton -- Introduction: First a Tradition, Then a Method of Survival -- 1. Democracy Comes to the World of Oil -- 2. "Anarchy" vs "Order": Independents and the Majors -- 3. Closing Ranks -- 4. The Warning Years -- 5. Transformation -- 6. An Expanding Realm of Surprises -- 7. The Way of Life -- Appendix. TIPRO Presidents, 1946-1996.".
- catalog title "Texas oil, American dreams : a study of the Texas Independent Producers and Royalty Owners Association / Lawrence Goodwyn.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".