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Oilfield Trash
Bobby D. Weaver
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Description for Oilfield Trash
Paperback. Series: Kenneth E. Montague Series in Oil and Business History. Num Pages: 248 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; HBJK; KNB; KNXB; THFP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 431.
When the first gusher blew in at Spindletop, near Beaumont, Texas, in 1901, petroleum began to supplant cotton and cattle as the economic engine of the state and region. Very soon, much of the workforce migrated from the cotton field to the oilfield, following the lure of the wealth being created by black gold.
The early decades of the twentieth century witnessed the development of an oilfield culture, as these workers defined and solidified their position within the region’s social fabric. Over time, the work force grew more professionalized, and technological change attracted a different type of labourer.
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When the first gusher blew in at Spindletop, near Beaumont, Texas, in 1901, petroleum began to supplant cotton and cattle as the economic engine of the state and region. Very soon, much of the workforce migrated from the cotton field to the oilfield, following the lure of the wealth being created by black gold.
The early decades of the twentieth century witnessed the development of an oilfield culture, as these workers defined and solidified their position within the region’s social fabric. Over time, the work force grew more professionalized, and technological change attracted a different type of labourer.
... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Texas A & M University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
Series
Kenneth E. Montague Series in Oil and Business History
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
College Station, United States
ISBN
9781623490645
SKU
V9781623490645
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About Bobby D. Weaver
From 1979 to 2002, Bobby D. Weaver was a museum professional, serving variously as curator, archivist, and assistant director. Prior to that he worked for more than twenty years in the oilfield and petrochemical industries. Weaver resides in Edmond, Oklahoma.
Reviews for Oilfield Trash
…welcome addition to the relatively sparse literature on the history of work in the Texas oil industry. Bobby D. Weaver draws on an abundant supply of interviews and his own insights as a former roughneck to paint a vivid picture of life among the state's independent upstream drilling contractors…accessible descriptions of work in the oil patch…an important contribution to an ... Read more