Oilfield trash life and labor in the oil patch /
Bobby D. Weaver.
- first edition.
- College Station : Texas A&M University Press, (c)2010.
- 1 online resource (xiv, 226 pages) : illustrations, map.
- Kenneth E. Montague series in oil and business history ; no. 22 .
Includes bibliographies 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.
9781603442503
Petroleum workers--Social life and customs--Texas--20th century. Petroleum industry and trade--History--Texas--20th century.