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At the beginning of the 1870s, the european oil market was dominated by john d rockefellers company, standard oil. But the americans would soon have tough competition from the nobel brothers newlystarted oil. The industrial history of the period is complicated. Primary source from the history of the standard oil company journalist ida m.
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The history of the standard oil company work by tarbell. Its history as one of the worlds first and largest multinational corporations ended in 1911, when the u. In pennzoil company getty interests agreed to merge getty oil company with pennzoil, but two days later this agreement was breached by the announcement of another agreement, selling getty oil to texaco inc. Ultimately realizing the power of an active government over devil may care capitalism and today you will find our oil markets dominated by the english, dutch and others. As you read this excerpt from tarbells book, think about how rockefeller controlled the oil industry. Standard oil in full, standard oil company and trust was an american company and corporate trust that from 1870 to 1911 was the industrial empire of john d. The routine test revealed petroleum production at an interval between 6,450 feet and 6,730 feet deep. In the early 20th century, the media began to report critically on standard oil and other large companies. Records of the solid fuels administration for war, rg 245. Topics in chronicling america standard oils monopoly.
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Beautifully researched and puttogether, it more than fulfills what it says on the cover. Yergins other books include shattered peace, an awardwinning history of the origins of the cold war, russia 2010 and what it means for the world with thane. The articles also helped to define a growing trend to investigation, in john d. The history of the standard oil company by ida minerva tarbell, 1905, mcclure edition, the history of the standard oil company. Originally serialized in nineteen parts in mcclures magazine, the book is a seminal example of muckraking, and inspired many other journalists to write about trusts, large. Steck ohio department of natural resources division of geological survey columbus, ohio introduction the ohio division of geological survey has just com. Media in category the history of the standard oil company book the following 3 files are in this category, out of 3 total. Ida tarbells article, the history of the standard oil. But this book is a mustread for any business student and also for any business journalism student.
Perhaps no book demands our attention and respect as much as the one now in your hands. According many oil and natural industry experts, if time allows reading only one book about petroleum history, it should be the prize. Faced with public criticism as a result of ida tarbells history of the standard oil company, standard oil responded with aloofness and bolstering strategies that together created a rhetoric of arrogance. The articles also helped to define a growing trend to investigation. The prize has been called the definitive history of the oil industry, even a bible. Tarbell 1857 1944 the history of the standard oil company is a book written by journalist ida tarbell in 1904. Jan 21, 2010 the building of this plant extended ww2 by about 2 years the king tigers engines were built to run on standard oils formulas for fuel and if i remember correctly prescott bush was a board member of standard oil at the time as was rockefeller and roosevelts cabinet was a standard oil cabinet, and it looked after rockefeller oil interests. The nash books the quickest source for oil and gas.
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