Jonathan Wlasiuk: 1 book
Refining Nature
Standard Oil and the limits of Efficiency
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2018
The Standard Oil Company emerged out of obscurity in the 1860s to capture 90 percent of the petroleum refining industry in the United States during the Gilded Age. John D. Rockefeller, the company’s founder, organized the company around an almost religious dedication to principles of efficiency....
