Oil empire

Titel: Oil empire : visions of prosperity in Austrian Galicia / Alison Fleig Frank
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Veröffentlicht: Cambridge, Mass. ˜[u.a.]œ : Harvard Univ. Press, 2005
Umfang: xx, 343 S.
Format: Buch
Sprache: Englisch
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mehrbändiges Werk:
Harvard historical studies ; 149
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ISBN: 0674018877
Lokale Klassifikation: 37 13 C ; 37 13 F ; 37 13 L ; 37 13 M

Alison Frank traces the interaction of technology, nationalist rhetoric, social tensions, provincial politics and entrepreneurial vision in shaping the Galician oil industry of early 20th century Austria. As the oil ran out, the economy, population and environment returned to their former states.