{"product_id":"oil-cities-the-making-of-north-louisianas-boomtowns-1901-1930-hardback-9781477329177","title":"Oil Cities; The Making of North Louisiana's Boomtowns, 1901-1930 (Hardback) 9781477329177","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eOil Cities\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Making of North Louisiana's Boomtowns, 1901-1930\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eHenry Alexander Wiencek (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781477329177, University of Texas Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 7 May 2024\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e216 pages, 15 b\u0026amp;w photos\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.5 cm, 0.426 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eOil Cities\u003c\/i\u003e makes a valuable contribution to the history of oil boomtowns by contrasting Shreveport with the boomtowns in its hinterlands and...breaks new ground historiographically.\u003c\/div\u003e (H-Environment) \u003cdiv\u003eWiencek fills a gap in 20th-century Louisiana history with this carefully researched book.\u003c\/div\u003e (CHOICE) \u003cdiv\u003e[\u003ci\u003eOil Cities\u003c\/i\u003e] provides a comprehensive survey of its subject in a lively narrative supported by compelling photographs. It is a must read for those interested in the oil industry in the Gulf South, and even more so for those concerned about the environmental impact oil extraction produces.\u003c\/div\u003e (American Historical Review)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHow international oil companies navigated the local, segregated landscape of north Louisiana in the first decades of the twentieth century.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e In 1904, prospectors discovered oil in the rural parishes of North Louisiana just outside Shreveport. As rural cotton fields gave way to dense, industrial centers of energy extraction, migrants from across the US-and the world-rushed to take a share of the boom. The resulting boomtowns, most notoriously Oil City, quickly gained a reputation for violence, drinking, and rough living. Meanwhile, North Louisiana’s large Black population endured virulent white supremacy in the oil fields and the courtrooms to earn a piece of the boom, including one Black woman who stood to become the wealthiest oil heiress in America. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e In \u003ci\u003eOil Cities\u003c\/i\u003e, Henry Wiencek uncovers what life was like amidst the tent cities, saloons, and oil derricks of North Louisiana’s oil boomtowns, tracing the local experiences of migrants, farmers, sex workers, and politicians as they navigated dizzying changes to their communities. This first historical monograph on the region’s dramatic oil boom reveals a contested history, in which the oil industry had to adapt its labor, tools, and investments to meet North Louisiana’s unique economic, social, political, and environmental dynamics. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e A Note to Readers \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Prologue: The Savage-Morrical No. 1 \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 1. The Boom \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 2. The Communities \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 3. The People \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 4. The Racial Violence of “\u003cbr\u003eBloody Caddo”\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 5. The Courts of Bloody Caddo \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 6. The Land \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 7. The City \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Epilogue: The Bust \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Acknowledgments \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Notes \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Index \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Texas Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52590990131480,"sku":"9781477329177","price":30.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/oil-cities-the-making-of-north-louisianas-boomtowns-1901-1930-hardback-9781477329177","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}