Abstract

List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction Part 1. Local Knowledge 1. Vernacular Authority in the Oil Field 2. Collaborative Authority: Nineteenth-Century Foundations of Petroleum Geology Part 2. Contested Knowledge 3. Shared Authority: Practical Oil Men and Professional Geologists 4. Institutional Authority: Field Work, Universities, and Surveys Part 3. Appropriated Knowledge 5. Geology Organized: Henry L. Doherty's Technological System Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index

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