Author: Ida Minerva Tarbell
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 924
Book Description
The History of the Standard Oil Company
Author: Ida Minerva Tarbell
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 924
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 924
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Standard Oil Company (Indiana)
Author: Paul Henry Giddens
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Petroleum industry and trade
Languages : en
Pages : 840
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Publisher:
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Category : Petroleum industry and trade
Languages : en
Pages : 840
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Refining Nature
Author: Jon Wlasiuk
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
ISBN: 0822983249
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
The Standard Oil Company emerged out of obscurity in the 1860s to capture 90 percent of the petroleum refining industry in the United States during the Gilded Age. John D. Rockefeller, the company’s founder, organized the company around an almost religious dedication to principles of efficiency. Economic success masked the dark side of efficiency as Standard Oil dumped oil waste into public waterways, filled the urban atmosphere with acrid smoke, and created a consumer safety crisis by selling kerosene below congressional standards. Local governments, guided by a desire to favor the interests of business, deployed elaborate engineering solutions to tackle petroleum pollution at taxpayer expense rather than heed public calls to abate waste streams at their source. Only when refinery pollutants threatened the health of the Great Lakes in the twentieth century did the federal government respond to a nascent environmental movement. Organized around the four classical elements at the core of Standard Oil’s success (earth, air, fire, and water), Refining Nature provides an ecological context for the rise of one of the most important corporations in American history.
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
ISBN: 0822983249
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
The Standard Oil Company emerged out of obscurity in the 1860s to capture 90 percent of the petroleum refining industry in the United States during the Gilded Age. John D. Rockefeller, the company’s founder, organized the company around an almost religious dedication to principles of efficiency. Economic success masked the dark side of efficiency as Standard Oil dumped oil waste into public waterways, filled the urban atmosphere with acrid smoke, and created a consumer safety crisis by selling kerosene below congressional standards. Local governments, guided by a desire to favor the interests of business, deployed elaborate engineering solutions to tackle petroleum pollution at taxpayer expense rather than heed public calls to abate waste streams at their source. Only when refinery pollutants threatened the health of the Great Lakes in the twentieth century did the federal government respond to a nascent environmental movement. Organized around the four classical elements at the core of Standard Oil’s success (earth, air, fire, and water), Refining Nature provides an ecological context for the rise of one of the most important corporations in American history.
Standard Oil Co. of Indiana-Occidental Petroleum Corp. Merger
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Special Subcommittee on Integrated Oil Operations
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 116
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Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 116
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Challenge and Response
Author: Emmett Dedmon
Publisher:
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Category : Petroleum industry and trade
Languages : en
Pages : 364
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Petroleum industry and trade
Languages : en
Pages : 364
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Standard Oil Company of Indiana-Occidental Petroleum Copr. Merger
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Interior and Insular Affairs
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 118
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 118
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United States of America, Petitioner, V. Standard Oil Company of New Jersey Et Al., Defendants ...: Defendant's exhibits & index
Author: United States. Department of Justice
Publisher:
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Category : Petroleum industry and trade
Languages : en
Pages : 578
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Petroleum industry and trade
Languages : en
Pages : 578
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Standard Oil Company (Indiana)
Author: Paul Henry Giddens
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Petroleum industry and trade
Languages : en
Pages : 836
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Petroleum industry and trade
Languages : en
Pages : 836
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Imperial Standard
Author: Graham D. Taylor
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781773850368
Category : BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
"For over 130 years, Imperial Oil dominated Canada's oil industry. From Petrolia to Turner Valley, Imperial was always nearby and ready to take charge. Their 1947 discovery of crude oil in Leduc, Alberta transformed the industry and the country. But from 1899 onwards, two-thirds of the company was owned by an American giant, making Imperial Oil one of the largest foreign-controlled multinationals in Canada. "Imperial Standard" is the first full-scale history of Imperial Oil. It illuminates Imperial's longstanding connections to Standard Oil of New Jersey, also known as Exxon Mobil. Although this relationship was often beneficial to Imperial, allowing them access to technology and capital, it also came at a cost. During the energy crises of the 1970s and 80s, Imperial was assailed as the embodiment of foreign control of Canada's natural resources, and in the 1990s it followed Exxon's lead in resisting charges that the oil industry contributes to climate change. Graham D. Taylor draws on an extensive collection of primary sources, including both the Imperial Oil and Exxon Mobil archives, to explore the complex relationship between the two companies. This groundbreaking history provides unprecedented insight into one of Canada's most influential oil companies as well as the industry itself."--
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781773850368
Category : BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
"For over 130 years, Imperial Oil dominated Canada's oil industry. From Petrolia to Turner Valley, Imperial was always nearby and ready to take charge. Their 1947 discovery of crude oil in Leduc, Alberta transformed the industry and the country. But from 1899 onwards, two-thirds of the company was owned by an American giant, making Imperial Oil one of the largest foreign-controlled multinationals in Canada. "Imperial Standard" is the first full-scale history of Imperial Oil. It illuminates Imperial's longstanding connections to Standard Oil of New Jersey, also known as Exxon Mobil. Although this relationship was often beneficial to Imperial, allowing them access to technology and capital, it also came at a cost. During the energy crises of the 1970s and 80s, Imperial was assailed as the embodiment of foreign control of Canada's natural resources, and in the 1990s it followed Exxon's lead in resisting charges that the oil industry contributes to climate change. Graham D. Taylor draws on an extensive collection of primary sources, including both the Imperial Oil and Exxon Mobil archives, to explore the complex relationship between the two companies. This groundbreaking history provides unprecedented insight into one of Canada's most influential oil companies as well as the industry itself."--
Official Year Book
Author: Minnesota State Federation of Labor
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Labor unions
Languages : en
Pages : 1306
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Labor unions
Languages : en
Pages : 1306
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