Scotland's first oil boom
Subtitle: the Scottish shale oil industry, 1851 to 1914
By: John H. McKay
Publisher: John Donald
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Edinburgh
Language: eng
Number of pages: 310
ISBN-13: 9781906566500
Subjects: Oil-shale industry; History
Other titles: Scottish shale-oil industry, 1851 to 1914
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [289]-301) and index.
Table of contents: title: The development of the industry; title: Capital employed; title: Shares and shareholders; title: Management and success or failure; title: Postscript: 1914-1982; title: Appendix 1: Shale oil companies : capitalization; title: Appendix 2: Shale oil industry shareholders : occupations and residence.