UID:
(DE-602)gbv_836951352
Format:
Online-Ressource (308 p)
ISBN:
9780773531123
Content:
In the early 1850s, the oil industry had a major impact on the resource town of Petrolia, Ontario. Christina Burr explores the ways in which the industry provided a common cultural identification that helped Petrolia change from a rough shanty-town of disreputable land speculators and "wildcatters" into an orderly, "civilized" Victorian community.
Content:
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Colonization, Culture, and the Making of Canada's Victorian Oil Town -- 1 "Oil Mania": Colonial Land Policy, Land Speculators, and Settlement in Enniskillen Township, 1830s-60s -- 2 "Oil Smellers" and "Professors": Science, Colonization, and the Oil Boom in Mid-Nineteenth-Century Enniskillen Township -- 3 The Petrolia Discovery and the Making of an Oil Resource Community -- 4 A Respectable Victorian Town: Public Space, Voluntary Associations, and the Creation of a Culture of Refined Sociability -- 5 "Some Adventures of the Boys": Enniskillen Township's "Foreign Drillers," Imperialism, and Colonial Discourse -- 6 "Canada's Victorian Oil Town": History, Public Memory, and Community -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z.
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Description based upon print version of record
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""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction: Colonization, Culture, and the Making of Canada�s Victorian Oil Town""; ""1 “Oil Mania�: Colonial Land Policy, Land Speculators, and Settlement in Enniskillen Township, 1830s�60s""; ""2 “Oil Smellers� and “Professors�: Science, Colonization, and the Oil Boom in Mid-Nineteenth-Century Enniskillen Township""; ""3 The Petrolia Discovery and the Making of an Oil Resource Community""; ""4 A Respectable Victorian Town: Public Space, Voluntary Associations, and the Creation of a Culture of Refined Sociability""
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""5 “Some Adventures of the Boys�: Enniskillen Township�s “Foreign Drillers,� Imperialism, and Colonial Discourse""""6 “Canada�s Victorian Oil Town�: History, Public Memory, and Community""; ""Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Z""
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780773575905
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780773531123
Additional Edition:
Print version Canada's Victorian Oil Town : The Transformation of Petrolia from Resource Town into a Victorian Community
Language:
English
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