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Some Implications of the Recent Literature on the History of the Petroleum Industry: A Review Article*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 July 2012

Ralph W. Hidy
Ralph W. Hidy
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New York University
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Business History Review , Volume 30 , Issue 3 , September 1956 , pp. 329 - 346
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Copyright © The President and Fellows of Harvard College 1956

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References

A Selective List of Books on the History of the Petroleum Industry

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