Oil Empire - Visions of Prosperity in Austrian Galicia

Informationen zum Autor Alison Fleig Frank is Assistant Professor of History at Harvard University. Klappentext How and why did the promise of oil fail Galicia and the Austrian Empire, which at the beginning of the 20th century ranked third among the world's oil-producing states? Alison Frank traces the interaction of technology, nationalist rhetoric, social tensions, provincial politics, and entrepreneurial vision in shaping the Galician oil industry. Zusammenfassung How and why did the promise of oil fail Galicia and the Austrian Empire, which at the beginning of the 20th century ranked third among the world’s oil-producing states? Alison Frank traces the interaction of technology, nationalist rhetoric, social tensions, provincial politics, and entrepreneurial vision in shaping the Galician oil industry. Inhaltsverzeichnis * Acknowledgments * Note on Translation * Introduction *1. The Land Where Salt and Oil Flowed: Austrian Galicia *2. Glacian California: Battle for Land and Mineral Rights *3. Petroleum Fever: Foreign Entepreneurs and a New National Industry *4. The Boys Don't Sleep at Home: Workers' Dreams of Wealth and Independence *5. Oil City: The Epidemic of Overproduction *6. Blood of the Earth: The Crisis of World War I *7. A Hotly Disputed Territory: The Struggle for Galicia * Conclusion * Appendix: Data on Oil Production * Notes * Archival and Primary Sources * Index

Product details

• Authors: Alison Fleig Frank, Frank Alison Fleig
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.09.2007
• EAN: 9780674025417
• ISBN: 978-0-674-02541-7
• No. of pages: 366
• Dimensions: 146 mm x 241 mm x 13 mm
• Series: Harvard Historical Studies; Harvard Historical Studies (Pa; Harvard Historical Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; History, HISTORY / Europe / Western, HISTORY / Europe / Austria & Hungary, Energy industries and utilities, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / General