Oilfield trash life and labor in the oil patch / [electronic resource] :
Bobby D. Weaver.
- 1st ed.
- College Station : Texas A&M University Press, 2010.
- xiv, 226 p. : ill., map.
- Kenneth E. Montague series in oil and business history ; no. 22 .
- Kenneth E. Montague series in oil and business history ; no. 22. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The oil boom, 1901-1905 -- The drillers, 1901-1910 -- The other hands, 1901-1910 -- Moving on up north, 1910-1922 -- The Panhandle-populating cow country, 1919-1930 -- East Texas--changes in the patch, 1930-1935 -- Way out west, 1923-1940 -- Change comes to the oil patch, 1941-1960 -- The making of an oilfield culture, 1901-1960 -- A language of their own.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Petroleum workers--Social life and customs--Texas--20th century. Petroleum industry and trade--History--Texas--20th century.