Cities of oil : municipalities and petroleum manufacturing in southern Ontario, 1860-1960 /

Cobban, Timothy W,

Cities of oil : municipalities and petroleum manufacturing in southern Ontario, 1860-1960 / Timothy W. Cobban. - [CEL version. - Toronto [Ontario] : University of Toronto Press, (c)2013. Beaconsfield, Quebec : Canadian Electronic Library, (c)2013. - 1 online resource (x, 172 pages) : illustrations, 1 map.

Includes bibliographies and index.

1 Introduction -- 2 London East: 1860-1883 -- 3 Petrolia:1883-1899 -- 4 Sarnia: 1899-1960 -- 5 Conclusion.

Cities of Oil is the first sustained historical account of the development of the early Canadian petroleum refining and manufacturing industry.



9781442663138


Petroleum industry and trade--History.--Ontario, Southern
Petroleum industry and trade--Government policy--Ontario, Southern.


Electronic Books.

HD9574 / .C585 2013