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The American Petroleum Industry: The Age of Illumination, 1859-1899

by Arnold R. Daum, Harold F. Williamson

Pages: 866

Contributors: Arnold R. Daum,Harold F. Williamson

Publisher: Northwestern University Press

Place of Publication: Evanston, IL

Publication Year: 1959

Subjects: Petroleum Industry And Trade--United States

Table of Contents

Title Page

Preface

Contents

Figures, Charts, Maps, and Tables

Part One: Prologue

Chapter 1: Petroleum Through the Ages: A 5,000-Year Preview

Part Two: The Illumination Revolution of the 1850's

Chapter 2: Illumination in America

Chapter 3: The American Coal-Oil Industry

Part Three: The Birth Of The Modern Industry: 1859-1861

Chapter 4: The First Commercial Oil Well

Chapter 5: Pioneer Developments

Part Four: The Formative Years: 1862-1873

Chapter 6: Output of Crude and The Spread of Production

Chapter 7: Changing Techniques of Production

Chapter 8: The Transport of Crude

Chapter 9: Refining Technology

Chapter 10: Petroleum By-Products

Chapter 11: Postwar Refining and Refining Organization

Chapter 12: Refining Capacity, Output, Location, And Marketing of Crude

Chapter 13: Foreign and Domestic Markets And Marketing Channels

Part Five: Reaction to Instability

Chapter 14: Refiners, Railroads, and Rockefeller

Part Six: Expansion, Adjustment, And Integration: 1874-1884

Chapter 15: Production and Marketing of Crude

Chapter 16: Pipelines, Railroads, and Refineries

Chapter 17: Tidewater, Standard, and Long-Distance Pipelines

Chapter 18: The Growth and Reorganization Of Refining Capacity

Chapter 19: Foreign Markets and Marketing Channels

Chapter 20: Domestic Markets and Marketing Channels

Part Seven: Integration and Reaction" To Foreign Competition: 1884-1899

Chapter 21: The Appalachian Fields and the Rise of The Pure Oil Company

Chapter 22: Standard and the Ohio-Indiana Fields

Chapter 23: Refining and Refining Capacity

Chapter 24: Foreign Marketing and the Rise Of Competition

Chapter 25: Domestic Markets and Marketing Channels

Chapter 26: The Public and the Trusts

Part Eight: Epilogue

Chapter 27: Summary and Conclusion

Acknowledgments

Appendixes

Endnotes

Index

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