Oil and Ideology
Subtitle: The Cultural Creation of the American Petroleum Industry (Luther Hartwell Hodges Series on Business, Society, and the State)
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
Published: February 2, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 328
ISBN-13: 9780807825235
Subjects: American history: c 1800 to c 1900; American history: from c 1900 -; Central government policies; Petroleum & oil industries; 20th century; c 1800 to c 1900; Government policy; Business And Society; Petroleum Industries (Economic Aspects); Public opinion; Business & Economics; Business / Economics / Finance; Moral and ethical aspects; History: American; USA; Historiography; Business Ethics; Industries - General; History / United States / General; United States; Petroleum industry and trade; General
First sentence: Before one can explain how Americans looked at the emerging petroleum industry in the late nineteenth century, it is necessary to look at the historical context, at the nation in which it was created and at some of the beliefs that were part of political and economic culture.