Author: Geological Survey (U.S.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 564
Book Description
Imperial Standard
Author: Graham D. TaylorPublisher:
ISBN: 9781773850368
Category : BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
"For over 130 years, Imperial Oil dominated Canada's oil industry. From Petrolia to Turner Valley, Imperial was always nearby and ready to take charge. Their 1947 discovery of crude oil in Leduc, Alberta transformed the industry and the country. But from 1899 onwards, two-thirds of the company was owned by an American giant, making Imperial Oil one of the largest foreign-controlled multinationals in Canada. "Imperial Standard" is the first full-scale history of Imperial Oil. It illuminates Imperial's longstanding connections to Standard Oil of New Jersey, also known as Exxon Mobil. Although this relationship was often beneficial to Imperial, allowing them access to technology and capital, it also came at a cost. During the energy crises of the 1970s and 80s, Imperial was assailed as the embodiment of foreign control of Canada's natural resources, and in the 1990s it followed Exxon's lead in resisting charges that the oil industry contributes to climate change. Graham D. Taylor draws on an extensive collection of primary sources, including both the Imperial Oil and Exxon Mobil archives, to explore the complex relationship between the two companies. This groundbreaking history provides unprecedented insight into one of Canada's most influential oil companies as well as the industry itself."--
The National Gazetteer of the United States of America
Author: Geological Survey (U.S.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 564
Book Description
Official Organization Handbook
Author: United States. Department of the InteriorPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
A Genealogical History of the Holt Family in the United States
Author: Daniel Steele DurriePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 374
Book Description
Facsimile reproduction by the Higginson Book Company.
Car Safety Wars
Author: Michael R. LemovPublisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1611477468
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
Car Safety Wars is a gripping history of the hundred-year struggle to improve the safety of American automobiles and save lives on the highways. Described as the “equivalent of war” by the Supreme Court, the battle involved the automobile industry, unsung and long-forgotten safety heroes, at least six US Presidents, a reluctant Congress, new auto technologies, and, most of all, the mindset of the American public: would they demand and be willing to pay for safer cars? The “Car Safety Wars” were at first won by consumers and safety advocates. The major victory was the enactment in 1966 of a ground breaking federal safety law. The safety act was pushed through Congress over the bitter objections of car manufacturers by a major scandal involving General Motors, its private detectives, Ralph Nader, and a gutty cigar-chomping old politician. The act is a success story for government safety regulation. It has cut highway death and injury rates by over seventy percent in the years since its enactment, saving more than two million lives and billions of taxpayer dollars. But the car safety wars have never ended. GM has recently been charged with covering up deadly defects resulting in multiple ignition switch shut offs. Toyota has been fined for not reporting fatal unintended acceleration in many models. Honda and other companies have—for years—sold cars incorporating defective air bags. These current events, suggesting a failure of safety regulation, may serve to warn us that safety laws and agencies created with good intentions can be corrupted and strangled over time. This book suggests ways to avoid this result, but shows that safer cars and highways are a hard road to travel. We are only part of the way home.
Women in Congress, 1917-2006
Author: Matthew Andrew WasniewskiPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Women legislators
Languages : en
Pages : 1020
Book Description
Contains profiles, contextual essays, historical images, and appendices that provide information about the 229 women who have served in Congress from 1917 through 2006.
Introduction to Limnology
Author: Stanley I. DodsonPublisher: McGraw-Hill Science, Engineering & Mathematics
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 450
Book Description
"The text is an introduction to the ecology, chemisty and physics of freshwater systems, with an emphasis on the human perspective "--Page [4] de couv.
The Jordan Memorial. Family Records of the Rev. Robert Jordan and His Descendants in America
Author: Tristram Frost JordanPublisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3385483379
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 518
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1882.
The Descendants of John Rugg
Author: Ellen R. RuggPublisher:
ISBN: 9780832814075
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 580
Book Description
The Tilson Genealogy
Author: Mercer V. TilsonPublisher: Createspace Independent Pub
ISBN: 9781479162789
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 636
Book Description
Published in 1911 by Mercer V. Tilson, this large volume spans over 250 years of The Tilson Family history and heritage. Finally back in print this book is for anyone interested in their ancestry. All people, young and old, will appreciate just how impressive the information contained within is!