The pursuit of this theme subsumes three interrelated aims which can be more easily a rticulated: I. To analyse the socia l structure of the Canadian oil indus try at the micro level, particularly of its exploration and production phases: of the various socioeconomic units involved; of their internal orga nization; and of their in terrelationships. [...] Oil mea ns wealth , not only in the form of high salaries (Calgary geologists and engineers are among the highest-paid professionals in Canada) but also, mo re dramatically, in the form of the roya lties, rents, and profits that underpin the fortunes of many individu als and families who have struck it rich (a nd continue to strike it rich) as individual capitalists and entrepreneurs in the oil in [...] Nearly a ll the manual work ers, the direct explorers for and producers of oil and gas, live and work in rural areas- often quite remote areas in northern Alberta, British Columbia, and Saskatchewan, as well as in the Beaufort Sea, the Arctic islands, and the stormy waters off the shores of Nova Scotia, Newfoundland, and Labrador. [...] CHAPTER TWO Corporations and Entrepreneurs No doubt because of the visibility of their local gas stations and the focus of the media, a few major oi l companies a re viewed by the public as monolithically dominating the industry in Canada. [...] In discussing the contemporary oil scene in Canada, I will use the tenn "major" to refer to all of the above types of 14 THE LAST OF THE FREE ENTERPR ISERS companies.
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- Bibliography, etc. Note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [223]-230) and index
- Control Number Identifier
- CaOOCEL
- Date published
- 1980.
- Description conventions
- rda
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- 338.4/76655/097123
- Dewey Decimal Edition Number
- 19
- Distributor
- Canadian Electronic Library (Firm)
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- Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
- Geographic Area Code
- n-cn-ab
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- 9780773595606 9780770518462
- LCCN
- HD9574.C23
- LCCN Item number
- C344 1980eb
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- CaBNVSL
- Original cataloging agency
- CaBNVSL
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- 1 electronic text (ix, 230 pages)
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- Ottawa, Ontario
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- CaOOCEL
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- Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
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- (CaBNVSL)thg00913107 (OCoLC)887635521 (CaOOCEL)448355
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- Mode of access: World Wide Web
- Title proper/short title
- Oilmen of Calgary
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- CaBNVSL
Table of Contents
- Cover 1
- Title 2
- Copyright 3
- Contents 4
- Tables 5
- Figures 6
- Preface 7
- 1. Introduction: Calgary and Its Oilmen 12
- 2. Corporations and Entrepreneurs 21
- 3. How the Industry Works 42
- 4. Inside a Major 66
- 5. Careers: The Luxury of Choice 88
- 6. The Structuring of Job Satisfaction 106
- 7. Beliefs: The Oil Community in Crisis 120
- 8. Conclusion: The Oil Industry and Canadian Society 139
- Postscript 1979 174
- Appendix I Methodology: Studying the Oil Industry 180
- Appendix II Supplementary Tables 200
- Appendix III Sample Interview Schedule 204
- Appendix IV. Questionnaire 207
- Notes 224
- References 234
