Oil Empire Visions of Prosperity in Austrian Galicia

Name: Oil Empire Visions of Prosperity in Austrian Galicia
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ISBN: 9780674025417

ISBN-10: 0674025415

ISBN-13: 9780674025417

Edition: 2005

Authors: Alison Fleig Frank

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At the beginning of the twentieth century, the Austrian Empire ranked third among the world's oil-producing states (surpassed only by the United States and Russia), and accounted for five percent of global oil production. By 1918, the Central Powers did not have enough oil to maintain a modern military. How and why did the promise of oil fail Galicia (the province producing the oil) and the Empire? In a brilliantly conceived work, Alison Frank traces the interaction of technology, nationalist rhetoric, social tensions, provincial politics, and entrepreneurial vision in shaping the Galician oil industry. She portrays this often overlooked oil boom's transformation of the environment, and…

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List price: $36.00
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication date: 9/15/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 366
Size: 6.13" wide x 9.25" long x 0.90" tall
Weight: 1.408
Language: English

Alison Fleig Frank is John L. Loeb Associate Professor of the Social Sciences at Harvard University.



Acknowledgments


Note on Translation


Introduction



The Land where Salt and Oiil Flowed: Austrian Galicia



Glacian California: Battle for Land and Mineral Rights



Petroleum Fever: Foreign Entepreneurs and a New National Industry



The Boys Dan't Sleep at Home: Workers' Dream of Wealth and Independence



Oil City: The Epidemic of Overproduction



Blood of the Earth: The Crisis of World War I



A Hotly Disputed Territory: The Struggle for Galicia


Conclusion


Appendix: Data on Oil Production


Notes Archival and Primary Sources


Index