TY  - BOOK
AU  - Frank,Alison Fleig
TI  - Oil Empire: Visions of Prosperity in Austrian Galicia
T2  - Harvard Historical Studies
SN  - 9780674263581
AV  - HD9575 
U1  - 338.2/728/094386 
PY  - 2005///
CY  - Cambridge
PB  - Harvard University Press
KW  - Petroleum industry and trade -- Galicia (Poland and Ukraine)
KW  - History -- Galicia (Poland and Ukraine)
KW  - Economic conditions -- Galicia (Poland and Ukraine)
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Translation -- Abbreviations -- Map: The Austro-Hungarian Empire, 1867-1914 -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. The Land Where Salt and Oil Flowed: Austrian Galicia -- Chapter 2. Galician California: Battles for Land and Mineral Rights -- Chapter 3. Petroleum Fever: Foreign Entrepreneurs and a New National Industry -- Chapter 4. The Boys Don't Sleep at Home: Workers' Dreams of Wealth and Independence -- Chapter 5. Oil City: The Epidemic of Overproduction -- Chapter 6. Blood of the Earth: The Crisis of War -- Chapter 7. A Hotly Disputed Territory: The Struggle for Eastern Galicia -- Conclusion -- Appendix: Data on Oil Production -- Notes -- Archival and Primary Sources -- Index
N2  - How and why did the promise of oil fail Galicia and the Austrian Empire, which at the beginning of the 20th century ranked third among the world's oil-producing states? Alison Frank traces the interaction of technology, nationalist rhetoric, social tensions, provincial politics, and entrepreneurial vision in shaping the Galician oil industry
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