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Oilfield trash life and labor in the oil patch /

Main Author: Weaver, Bobby D. 1936-
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: College Station : Texas A&M University Press, 2010.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Kenneth E. Montague series in oil and business history ; no. 22
Subjects:
Petroleum workers > Social life and customs > 20th century. > Texas
Petroleum industry and trade > History > 20th century. > Texas
Online Access:http://site.ebrary.com/lib/ucy/Doc?id=10432085
Table of Contents:
  • The oil boom, 1901-1905
  • The drillers, 1901-1910
  • The other hands, 1901-1910
  • Moving on up north, 1910-1922
  • The Panhandle-populating cow country, 1919-1930
  • East Texas
  • changes in the patch, 1930-1935
  • Way out west, 1923-1940
  • Change comes to the oil patch, 1941-1960
  • The making of an oilfield culture, 1901-1960
  • A language of their own.

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