Oil and Ideology: The Cultural Creation of the American Petroleum Industry (The Luther H. Hodges Jr. and Luther H. Hodges Sr. Series on Business, ... Policy): The American Oil Industry, 1859-1945 - Brossura

Olien, Roger M.

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ISBN 10: 0807848352 ISBN 13: 9780807848357

Casa editrice: The University of North Carolina Press, 2000

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Traditional accounts of John D. Rockefeller and the Standard Oil Company, as well as recent best-selling books on the subject, still accept without question charges of unethical and anti-competitive behavior by the American oil industry. In this pathbreaking synthesis of cultural, business, gender, and intellectual history, Roger and Diana Davids Olien explore how this negative image of the petroleum industry was created--and how this image in turn helped shape policy toward the industry in ways that were sometimes at odds with both the goals of reformers and the public interest.

By turning a critical eye on sources that have often been accepted at face value and examining the self-interests of oil industry critics, the authors produce a more balanced, complex picture of the industry than has previously been offered. Their case study of the impact of ideology offers a striking example of how business must be understood through its cultural context and offers a new approach to understanding problems of regulation and reform.

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Using the story of John D. Rockefeller and the Standard Oil Company, this book reveals how the negative image of the American petroleum industry was created and how it shaped public policy in ways sometimes at odds with the goals of reformers and public interest. This case study of the impact of ideology offers a new approach to understanding problems of regulation and reform.

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Book by Olien Roger M

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• Editore: The University of North Carolina Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0807848352
• ISBN 13: 9780807848357
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 326