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Oct 1, 2024 42 min

Oil Cities

from The Gilded Age and Progressive Era

The heyday of the boomtowns of Northern Louisiana is long since passed, but their mark on the geography and environment still lingers. Henry Wiencek joins us to discuss his new book, Oil Cities, and the people who built, occupied, and abandoned these towns. Essential Reading: Henry Wiencek, Oil Cities: The Making of North Louisiana’s Boomtowns, 1901-1930 (2024). Recommended Reading: Brian Black, Petrolia: The Landscape of America’s First Oil Boom (2000). Terence Daintith, Finders Keepers? How the Law of Capture Shaped the World Oil Industry (2010). Daneil Yergin, The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money, and Power (2009). Perry W. Howard, Political Tendencies in Louisiana (1971)

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