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The American petroleum industry / by Harold F. Williamson [and others] Research associates: Ralph L. Andreano [and others].

Author
Williamson, Harold F. (Harold Francis), 1901-1989
Published
Evanston [Ill.] : Northwestern University Press, [1959-1963]
Physical Description
2 volumes : illustrations, portraits, maps, diagrams, facsimiles, tables ; 24 cm

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Contents
Vol. 1. THE ILLUMINATION REVOLUTION OF THE 1850'S: Illumination in America -- The American coal oil industry -- THE BIRTH OF THE MODERN INDUSTRY 1859-1861: The first commercial oil well -- Pioneer developments -- THE FORMATIVE YEARS 1862-1873: Output of crude and the spread of production -- Changing techniques of production -- The transport of crude -- Refining technology -- Petroleum by products -- Postwar refining and refining organization -- Refining capacity, output, location, and marketing of crude -- Foreign and domestic markets and marketing channels -- REACTION TO INSTABILITY: Refiners, railroads, and Rockefeller -- EXPANSION, ADJUSTMENT, AND INTEGRATION 1874-1884: Production and marketing of crude -- Pipelines, railroads, and refineries -- Tidewater, Standard, and long distance pipelines -- The growth and reorganization of refining capacity -- Foreign markets and marketing channels -- Domestic markets and marketing channels -- INTEGRATION AND REACTION TO FOREIGN COMPETITION 1884-1899: The Appalachian fields and the rise of the Pure Oil Company -- Standard and the Ohio Indiana fields -- Refining and refining capacity -- Foreign marketing and the rise of competition -- Domestic markets and marketing channels -- The public and the trusts. and Vol. 2. AN INDUSTRY IN TRANSITION 1899-1919: Changes in the structure of the American petroleum industry an overview -- The spread of domestic crude oil production -- Growth of transport facilities and changes in industry structure -- Refining in transition -- Shifts in the domestic demand for petroleum products -- Domestic marketing channels and competition -- Foreign markets and marketing to 1914 -- The American petroleum industry in World War I -- POST WAR EXPANSION 1920-1929: Crude oil production and the beginning of conservation -- Pipeline transportation -- Refining technology and the spread of thermal cracking -- Domestic demand for petroleum products -- Domestic markets and marketing channels -- International cooperation and competition for markets -- DEPRESSION AND RECOVERY 1930-1941: Crude oil production and conservation -- Transportation of petroleum and petroleum products -- Refining technology and the development of catalytic cracking -- Domestic demand for petroleum products -- Domestic markets and marketing channels -- Export markets and international competition for crude oil reserves -- WORLD WAR II AND AFTER: The American petroleum industry in World War II -- The American petroleum industry since World War II a resume.
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Bibliographical references included in "Endnotes".
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