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Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication
Title: The boom : oil, popular culture, and politics in Alberta, 1912-1924 / Paul Chastko.
Names: Chastko, Paul A. (Paul Anthony), author
Description: Series statement: Energy histories, cultures, and politics, 2562-3486 ; no. 3 | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: Canadiana (print) 20250237822 | Canadiana (ebook) 20250237873 | ISBN 9781773856667 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781773856674 (softcover) | ISBN 9781773856704 (EPUB) | ISBN 9781773856698 (PDF) | ISBN 9781773856681 (Open access PDF)
Subjects: LCSH: Petroleum industry and trade—Political aspects—Alberta—Turner Valley—History—20th century. | LCSH: Petroleum industry and trade—Corrupt practices—Alberta—Turner Valley—History—20th century. | LCSH: Petroleum industry and trade—Social aspects—Alberta—Turner Valley—History—20th century. | LCSH: Oil fields—Alberta—Turner Valley—History—20th century. | LCSH: Petroleum—Prospecting—Alberta—Turner Valley—History—20th century. | LCSH: Swindlers and swindling—Alberta—Turner Valley—History—20th century. | LCSH: Turner Valley (Alta.)—History—20th century. | LCSH: Alberta—Politics and government—20th century. | CSH: Alberta—Politics and government—1905-1921.
Classification: LCC HD9574.C23 A54 2025 | DDC 338.2/72820971234—dc23
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Cover image credit: Edited photograph of George Edward Buck by Sarah Deschamps. Original photograph Provincial Archives of Alberta, GR1972.0026 Box 1 File 1C. Courtesy of the Provincial Archives of Alberta. “View of Dingman #1 and Dingman #2, Turner Valley, Alberta.” Summer 1914, (CU1558287) by Unknown. Glenbow Library and Archives Collection. Libraries and Cultural Resources Digital Collection, University of Calgary. Colourbox 20750164.
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