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- catalog abstract ""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 efforts at oil drilling, Black writes, that "the landscape came to be viewed only as an instrument out of which one could extract crude." In a very short time, Petrolia was a ruined place - environmentally, economically, and to some extent even culturally. Black gives historical detail and analysis to account for this transformation."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b11930120.
- catalog coverage "Oil Creek Valley (Crawford County and Venango County, Pa.) Environmental conditions History.".
- catalog created "c2000.".
- catalog date "2000".
- catalog date "c2000.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2000.".
- catalog description ""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.".
- catalog description "Black gives historical detail and analysis to account for this transformation."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-225) and index.".
- catalog description "Introduction: The Persistence of Oil on the Brain -- Ch. 1. "A Good Time Coming for Whales" -- Ch. 2. "A Triumph of Individualism" -- Ch. 3. The Sacrificial Landscape of Petrolia -- Ch. 4. Oil Creek as Industrial Apparatus -- Ch. 5. "What Nature Intended This Place Should Be" -- Ch. 6. Pithole: Boomtowns and the "Drawing Board City" -- Ch. 7. Delusions of Permanence -- Epilogue: The Legacy of Petrolia.".
- catalog description "Known as "Petrolia," the region charged the popular imagination with its nearly overnight transition from agriculture to industry. But so unrestrained were these early efforts at oil drilling, Black writes, that "the landscape came to be viewed only as an instrument out of which one could extract crude." In a very short time, Petrolia was a ruined place - environmentally, economically, and to some extent even culturally.".
- catalog extent "xii, 235 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Petrolia.".
- catalog identifier "0801863171 (alk. paper)".
- catalog identifier "9780801874659 (electronic bk.)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Petrolia.".
- catalog isPartOf "Creating the North American landscape".
- catalog issued "2000".
- catalog issued "c2000.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press,".
- catalog relation "Petrolia.".
- catalog spatial "Oil Creek Valley (Crawford County and Venango County, Pa.) Environmental conditions History.".
- catalog spatial "Pennsylvania Oil Creek Valley (Crawford County and Venango County, Pa.)".
- catalog subject "338.4/76223382/0974897 21".
- catalog subject "Petroleum Pennsylvania Oil Creek Valley (Crawford County and Venango County, Pa.) History.".
- catalog subject "Petroleum industry and trade Pennsylvania Oil Creek Valley (Crawford County and Venango County, Pa.) History.".
- catalog subject "TN872.P4 B56 2000".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introduction: The Persistence of Oil on the Brain -- Ch. 1. "A Good Time Coming for Whales" -- Ch. 2. "A Triumph of Individualism" -- Ch. 3. The Sacrificial Landscape of Petrolia -- Ch. 4. Oil Creek as Industrial Apparatus -- Ch. 5. "What Nature Intended This Place Should Be" -- Ch. 6. Pithole: Boomtowns and the "Drawing Board City" -- Ch. 7. Delusions of Permanence -- Epilogue: The Legacy of Petrolia.".
- catalog title "Petrolia : the landscape of America's first oil boom / Brian Black.".
- catalog type "text".