Kenneth E. Montague Series in Oil and Business History – serie
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Sematech
Saving the U.S. Semiconductor Industry
Av Larry D. Browning, Judy C. Shetler
Inbunden, 2000
526 kr
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CRS Team and the Business of Architecture
Av Jonathan King, Philip Langdon
Inbunden, 2002
468 kr
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Since the end of the Second World War, few firms have influenced the practice of architecture as much as Caudill Rowlett Scott, or CRS. From its establishment in the 1940s as a three-man operation above a grocery store in College Station, Texas, CRS evolved into a world leader in programming, …
King of the Wildcatters
The Life and Times of Tom Slick, 1883-1930
Av Ray Miles
Häftad, 2004
232 kr
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Tom Slick was a legend among the ""independents"" - those who hunted for oil the way mountain men hunted for furs. Ray Miles traces the growth of Slick's career and the modern petroleum industry, including the oil conservation movement, of which Slick was an early proponent. He examines the first …
Labor, Civil Rights, and the Hughes Tool Company
Inbunden, 2005
511 kr
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On July 12, 1964, in a momentous decision, the National Labor Relations Board decertified the racially segregated Independent Metal Workers Union as the collective bargaining agent at Houston's mammoth Hughes Tool Company. The unanimous decision ending nearly fifty years of Jim Crow unionism at the …
Texas Railroad Commission
Understanding Regulation in America to the Mid-Twentieth Century
Inbunden, 2005
410 kr
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Before OPEC took center stage, one state agency in Texas was widely believed to set oil prices for the world. The Texas Railroad Commission (TRC) evolved from its founding in 1891 to a multi-divisional regulatory commission that oversaw not only railroads but also a number of other industries …
Wildcatters
Texas Independent Oilmen
Av Roger M. Olien, Diana Davids Hinton
Häftad, 2007
254 kr
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In the 1970s and 1980s, the Texas wildcatter was a recognizable figure in popular culture. Since then, the wildcatter's role is less celebrated but still important, as shown in the new introduction to this edition of a book originally published in 1984 by Texas Monthly Press. Drawing heavily on …
Ben Love
My Life in Texas Commerce
Av Ben F. Love
Häftad, 2008
277 kr
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In a city known for its powerful business leaders, Ben Love towered as one of the most influential. Under his competent management as CEO of Texas Commerce Bancshares in the 1980s, TCB was the only ""Big Five"" Texas bank to survive that decade's collapse of the Texas banking industry. Love's story …
Texas Merchant
Marvin Leonard and Fort Worth
Av Victoria L. Buenger, Walter L. Buenger
Häftad, 2008
298 kr
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Few department stores symbolized the aspirations of a community or represented the identity of its citizens in a stronger or more enduring way than Leonards in Fort Worth, Texas. For over fifty years, Marvin Leonard, the store's founder, and his brother Obie ran a store that was always a unique …
Offshore Imperative
Shell Oil's Search for Petroleum in Postwar America
Av Tyler Priest
Häftad, 2009
303 kr
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After World War II, the discovery and production of onshore oil in the United States faced decline. As a result, offshore prospects in the Gulf of Mexico took on new strategic value. Shell Oil Company pioneered many of the early moves offshore and continues to lead the way into “deepwater.”Tyler …
Oilfield Trash
Life and Labor in the Oil Patch
Häftad, 2013
225 kr
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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. Very soon, much of the workforce migrated from the cotton field to the oilfield, following the lure of the wealth being created …
Oilfield Revolutionary
The Career of Everette Lee DeGolyer
Inbunden, 2014
393 kr
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Everette Lee DeGolyer wore many hats—and he wore them with distinction. Though not a geophysicist, he helped make geophysics central to oil exploration. Though not a politician, he played an important role in the national politics of energy. Though trained as a geologist, he became an important …
Electric City
General Electric in Schenectady
Inbunden, 2014
410 kr
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For seven decades the General Electric Company maintained its manufacturing and administrative headquarters in Schenectady, New York. Electric City: General Electric in Schenectady explores the history of General Electric in Schenectady from the company’s creation in 1892 to the present. As one of …
Richard E. Wainerdi and the Texas Medical Center
Inbunden, 2017
423 kr
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In 2012, Richard E. Wainerdi retired as president and chief executive officer of the Texas Medical Center after almost three decades at the helm. During his tenure, Wainerdi oversaw the expansion of the center into the world’s largest medical complex, hosting more than fifty separate institutions. …
George P. Mitchell
Fracking, Sustainability, and an Unorthodox Quest to Save the Planet
Inbunden, 2019
343 kr
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Upon George Mitchell's death in 2013, The Economist proclaimed, "Few businesspeople have done as much to change the world as George Mitchell," a billionaire Texas oilman who defied the stereotypical swagger so identified with that industry. In George P. Mitchell: Fracking, Sustainability, and an …
Texas Triangle
An Emerging Power in the Global Economy
Av Henry Gabriel Cisneros, David Hendricks m. fl.
Inbunden, 2021
410 kr
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This important new study examines the intricately linked phenomena of interwoven population growth, economic power, quality education, business leadership, and fiscal significance as exemplified in the 'Texas Triangle,' a network of metropolitan complexes that are reshaping the destiny of Texas and …
Cost of Cool
Austin's Tech Growth and the People Left Behind
Av Jon Roberts
Häftad, 2026
400 kr
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The city of Austin consistently leads lists of fastest-growing and most-desirable places to live—a simultaneous source of pride and anxiety for residents. In The Cost of Cool: Austin's Tech Growth and the People Left Behind, author Jon Roberts and his contributors investigate Austin's evolving …
Caught in the Net
The Conflict Between Shrimpers and Conservationists
Av Anthony V Margavio, Craig J. Forsyth
Inbunden, 1996
371 kr
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Voice of the Marketplace
A History of the National Petroleum Council
Av Joseph A. Pratt, William H. Becker m. fl.
Inbunden, 2002
468 kr
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The National Petroleum Council (NPC) emerged out of the close cooperation between the petroleum industry and the federal government during World War II. In the last fifty-plus years, the Council has evolved into a voice of the marketplace, analyzing conditions in the petroleum industry and …
Birth of the Texas Medical Center
A Personal Account
Av Frederick C. Elliott, William Henry Kellar
Inbunden, 2004
382 kr
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Before World War II, Houston was home to many outstanding individual doctors, but no comprehensive, synergistic system existed to focus their collective efforts. Today, the world-renowned Texas Medical Center sprawls across more than 740 acres and receives more than five million patients each year. …
Strategic Petroleum Reserve
U.S. Energy Security and Oil Politics, 1975-2005
Inbunden, 2007
583 kr
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In 1973, the United States and other western countries were shocked by the Arab oil embargo. Lines formed at gasoline pumps; fuel stations ran out of supply; prices skyrocketed; and the nation realized its vulnerability to decisions made by leaders of countries half a world away. In response, the …
