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Author Weaver, Bobby D. (Bobby Dearl), 1936-

Title Oilfield trash [electronic resource] : life and labor in the oil patch / Bobby D. Weaver.

Imprint College Station : Texas A&M University Press, 2010.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Edition 1st ed.
Description xiv, 226 p. : ill., map.
Series Kenneth E. Montague series in oil and business history ; no. 22
Kenneth E. Montague series in oil and business history ; no. 22.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Petroleum workers -- Texas -- Social life and customs -- 20th century.
Petroleum industry and trade -- Texas -- History -- 20th century.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9781603442053 (cloth : alk. paper)
1603442057 (cloth : alk. paper)
9781603442503 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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