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Book/Printed Material The Bakken goes boom : oil and the changing geographies of western North Dakota

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Title

  • The Bakken goes boom : oil and the changing geographies of western North Dakota

Summary

  • In 2008, the Bakken went boom. Thanks to advances in hydraulic fracturing, oil production in western North Dakota exploded. As the price of oil went up, so did the oil rigs. People came from all over the country (and the world) in search of work, and cities and towns struggled to keep up. This book is about the challenges they faced. It is about the human dimensions of the boom, as told by artists, poets, journalists, and scholars. It captures the boom at its peak, before the price of oil fell and the boom went bust. It sheds light on the impact of oil on local communities that, until now, had not attracted much interest from the outside world. And it shows how North Dakotans, both old and new, have found ways to address the challenges they face in a turbulent, changing environment.

Names

  • Caraher, William R. (William Rodney), 1972- editor.
  • Conway, Kyle, 1977- editor.

Created / Published

  • Grand Forks, North Dakota : Digital Press @ The University of North Dakota, [2016]
  • ©2016

Headings

  • -  Petroleum industry and trade--Economic aspects--North Dakota
  • -  Petroleum industry and trade--Social aspects--North Dakota
  • -  Oil fields--North Dakota
  • -  Business cycles--North Dakota
  • -  Hydraulic fracturing--Environmental aspects
  • -  North Dakota--Economic conditions
  • -  North Dakota--Social conditions
  • -  Bakken Formation
  • -  Oil fields
  • -  Social conditions
  • -  Montana
  • -  North America--Bakken Formation
  • -  North Dakota
  • -  Economic history

Notes

  • -  Includes bibliographical references.
  • -  Description based on print version record; resource not viewed.

Medium

  • 1 electronic resource (vii, 382 pages )

Call Number/Physical Location

  • HD9567.N9

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Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2019667075

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  • Unrestricted online access

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  • pdf

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Chicago citation style:

Caraher, William R. , Editor, and Kyle Conway. The Bakken goes boom: oil and the changing geographies of western North Dakota. [Grand Forks, North Dakota: Digital Press @ The University of North Dakota, ©, 2016] Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2019667075/.

APA citation style:

Caraher, W. R. & Conway, K. (2016) The Bakken goes boom: oil and the changing geographies of western North Dakota. [Grand Forks, North Dakota: Digital Press @ The University of North Dakota, ©] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2019667075/.

MLA citation style:

Caraher, William R. , Editor, and Kyle Conway. The Bakken goes boom: oil and the changing geographies of western North Dakota. [Grand Forks, North Dakota: Digital Press @ The University of North Dakota, ©, 2016] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2019667075/>.