Oilfield Trash: Life and Labor in the Oil Patch (Kenneth E. Montague Series in Oil and Business History)
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| Rating | : | 4.92 (878 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1623490642 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 248 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-11-20 |
| Language | : | English |
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Now, drawing on oral histories supplemented and confirmed by other research, he tells the colorful stories of the workers who actually brought oil wealth to Texas. He highlights the similarities and differences from one field to another and traces changing aspects of the work over time. He details the work itself and the ethos that surrounds it. Above all, Oilfield Trash captures the unique voices of the laboring people who worked long, hard hours, often risking life and limb to keep the drilling rigs “turning to the right.”. Very soon, much of the workforce migrated from the cotton field to the oilfield, following the lure of the wealth being created by black gold.The early decades of the twentieth century witnessed the development of an oilfield culture, as these workers defined and solidified their position within the region’s social fabric. Weaver grew up and worked in the oil patch. When the first gusher blew in at Spindletop, near Beaumont, Texas, in 1901, petroleum began to supplant cotton and cattle as the economic engine of the state and region. Drillers, shooters, toolies, pipeliners, teamsters, roustabouts, tank builders, roughnecks each of them played a role in the frenzied,
Scholarly Lou Rohlman Lots of footnotes and documentation. Well-researched and well-written. The author, Weaver, approaches from an academic standpoint. Good book, I enjoyed it.. Roughneck Stories My husband adores this book. He works on the rigs so he enjoys reading about old stories that happened. Good Choice!. Roughneck said Brings back memories of my days in the oil patch. Although I didn't work that far back, many things were still done the same way as when I worked during the 60s.
" welcome addition to the relatively sparse literature on the history of work in the Texas oil industry. Weaver draws on an abundant supply of interviews and his own insights as a former roughneck to paint a vivid picture of life among the state's independent upstream drilling contractors accessible descriptions of work in the oil patch an important contribution to an understudied aspect of southern labor history."--Journal of Southern History. Bobby D