Weaver, Bobby D. 1936-

Oilfield trash : life and labor in the oil patch / Bobby D. Weaver. - 1st ed. - College Station : Texas A&M University Press, c2010. - xiv, 226 p. : ill., map ; 25 cm - Kenneth E. Montague series in oil and business history ; no. 22 .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The oil boom, 1901-1905 -- The drillers, 1901-1910 -- The other hands, 1901-1910 -- Moving on up north, 1910-1922 -- The Panhandle-populating cow country, 1919-1930 -- East Texas--changes in the patch, 1930-1935 -- Way out west, 1923-1940 -- Change comesto the oil patch, 1941-1960 -- The making of an oilfield culture, 1901-1960 -- A language of their own.

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Petroleum workers--Social life and customs--Texas--20th century.
Petroleum industry and trade--History--Texas--20th century.

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