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The Petroleum Monthly; Devoted To The Interests Of The Oil Business August 1871

The Petroleum Monthly; Devoted To The Interests Of The Oil Business August 1871

J H Bowman

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Real EstateTechnology & EngineeringGeneral United States History

ISBN10: 9354503470
ISBN13: 9789354503474
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Apr 6 2021
Pages: 46
Weight: 0.29
Height: 0.10 Width: 8.50 Depth: 11.00
Language: English
In August 1871, crude oil was more than fuel; it was a frontier, a fortune, and a national argument. Oil rewrote the modern world. The Petroleum Monthly, devoted to the interests of the oil business and edited by J. H. Bowman, captures that moment with the brisk authority of working oil business journalism: petroleum market reports, commentary, and practical intelligence shaped for people who lived by the price of a barrel. As an oil industry periodical from the Pennsylvania oil region, this issue is a close-up on the 1871 oil boom, set against reconstruction era America and the first stirrings of the standard oil beginnings that would soon consolidate the trade. Read it for the texture of early energy industry life: how information travelled, what investors watched, and which anxieties and ambitions framed an emerging industrial economy. It is also a sharp economic history reference for industrial history researchers, students of enterprise, and any reader curious about how markets were narrated in real time. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today - a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike. Presented as an archival reprint edition and collector facsimile volume, it belongs on the shelf of classic-literature collectors and in the toolkit of historians who value primary sources. Dip in for a single report, or read straight through as a snapshot of a nation pricing progress, risk, and power at the wellhead.

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