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Author | : Gerald Lynch |
Publisher | : University of Texas Press |
Total Pages | : 279 |
Release | : 2010-07-22 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 0292786344 |
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A working-class history of the Texas oil fields, as told by one of its workers. Oil, the black gold of Texas, has given rise to many a myth. Oil could turn a man overnight into a millionaire—and did—for some. But these myths have obscured what life was really like in the oil patch, a place that was neither the El Dorado of legend nor quite the unredeemed den of sin and iniquity that some feared. In Roughnecks, Drillers, and Tool Pushers, Gerald Lynch provides a much-needed insider’s view of the oil industry, describing life in various oil fields in and around Texas. He also chronicles changes in drilling methods and oil-field technology and how these changes affected him and his fellow oil-field workers. No one else has written a working-class history of the oil fields as colorful and articulate as this one.
Author | : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 1950 |
Release | : 1968 |
Genre | : Administrative procedure |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Separation of Powers |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 768 |
Release | : 1968 |
Genre | : Government publications |
ISBN | : |
Download Congressional Oversight of Administrative Agencies (National Labor Relations Board) Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Author | : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Separation of Powers |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 1738 |
Release | : 1968 |
Genre | : Labor laws and legislation |
ISBN | : |
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Reviews role of independent regulatory agencies in terms of constitutional doctrine of separation of powers. Focuses on the policy making effects of NRLB's rulings and interpretation of labor relations laws.
Author | : Bobby D. Weaver |
Publisher | : Texas A&M University Press |
Total Pages | : 244 |
Release | : 2010-08-24 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 1603442057 |
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"Oilfield Trash is written in a charming, flowing style that any reader will enjoy....In Weaver's capable hands, the gypsy lives of a generation of young men unfold on the rigorous stage of drilling fields...."---Paul Spellman, author of Spindletop Boom Days --
Author | : Jeffrey B. Webb |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
Total Pages | : 1015 |
Release | : 2024 |
Genre | : Energy consumption |
ISBN | : |
Download Energy in American History Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
"Contextualizes and analyzes the key energy transitions in U.S. history and the central importance of energy production and consumption on the American environment and in American culture and politics"--
Author | : Gerald Lynch |
Publisher | : Univ of TX + ORM |
Total Pages | : 440 |
Release | : 2010-07-22 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 0292790562 |
Download Roughnecks, Drillers, and Tool Pushers Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
A working-class history of the Texas oil fields, as told by one of its workers. Oil, the black gold of Texas, has given rise to many a myth. Oil could turn a man overnight into a millionaire—and did—for some. But these myths have obscured what life was really like in the oil patch, a place that was neither the El Dorado of legend nor quite the unredeemed den of sin and iniquity that some feared. In Roughnecks, Drillers, and Tool Pushers, Gerald Lynch provides a much-needed insider’s view of the oil industry, describing life in various oil fields in and around Texas. He also chronicles changes in drilling methods and oil-field technology and how these changes affected him and his fellow oil-field workers. No one else has written a working-class history of the oil fields as colorful and articulate as this one.
Author | : Nancy Quam-Wickham |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
Total Pages | : 573 |
Release | : 2019-12-02 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
Download A Day in the Life of an American Worker [2 volumes] Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This introduction to the history of work in America illuminates the many important roles that men and women of all backgrounds have played in the formation of the United States. A Day in the Life of an American Worker: 200 Trades and Professions through History allows readers to imagine the daily lives of ordinary workers, from the beginnings of colonial America to the present. It presents the stories of millions of Americans—from the enslaved field hands in antebellum America to the astronauts of the modern "space age"—as they contributed to the formation of the modern and culturally diverse United States. Readers will learn about individual occupations and discover the untold histories of those women and men who too often have remained anonymous to historians but whose stories are just as important as those of leaders whose lives we study in our classrooms. This book provides specific details to enable comprehensive understanding of the benefits and downsides of each trade and profession discussed. Selected accompanying documents further bring history to life by offering vivid testimonies from people who actually worked in these occupations or interacted with those in that field.
Author | : Francis Edward Abernethy |
Publisher | : University of North Texas Press |
Total Pages | : 312 |
Release | : 1997 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781574410365 |
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Six essays discuss definitions and explanations of folklore, and methods of teaching it. Then 15 additional essays explore Texas folklore related to such topics as police burials, gang graffiti, fiddling, ghosts, dance halls, oil fields, spring rituals, and the dialect spoken along the border between Texas and Mexico. Numerous illustrations and black-and-white photographs. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Author | : George Getschow |
Publisher | : University of Texas Press |
Total Pages | : 286 |
Release | : 2023-09-05 |
Genre | : Literary Collections |
ISBN | : 1477327894 |
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A collection of essays that offers an intimate view of Larry McMurtry, America’s preeminent western novelist, through the eyes of a pantheon of writers he helped shape through his work over the course of his unparalleled literary life. When he died in 2021, Larry McMurtry was one of America’s most revered writers. The author of treasured novels such as Lonesome Dove and The Last Picture Show, and coauthor of the screenplays for Brokeback Mountain and Streets of Laredo, McMurtry created unforgettable characters and landscapes largely drawn from his life growing up on the family’s hardscrabble ranch outside his hometown of Archer City, Texas. Pastures of the Empty Page brings together fellow writers to honor the man and his impact on American letters. Paulette Jiles, Stephen Harrigan, Stephanie Elizondo Griest, and Lawrence Wright take up McMurtry’s piercing and poetic vision—an elegiac literature of place that demolished old myths of cowboy culture and created new ones. Screenwriting partner Diana Ossana reflects on their thirty-year book and screenwriting partnership; other contributors explore McMurtry’s reading habits and his passion for bookselling. And brother Charlie McMurtry shares memories of their childhood on the ranch. In contrast to his curmudgeonly persona, Larry McMurtry emerges as a trustworthy friend and supportive mentor. McMurtry was famously self-deprecating, but as his admirers attest, this self-described “minor regional writer” was an artist for the ages.