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Oil and Urbanization on the Pacific Coast

Ralph Bramel Lloyd and the Shaping of the Urban West

Häftad, Engelska, 2018

AvMichael R. Adamson

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Oil and Urbanization on the Pacific Coast tells the story of oilman Ralph Bramel Lloyd, a small business owner who drove the development of one of America’s largest oil fields. Lloyd invested his petroleum earnings in commercial real estate—much of it centered around automobiles and the fuel they require—in several western cities, notably Portland, Oregon. Putting the history of extractive industry in dialogue with the history of urban development, Michael R. Adamson shows how energy is woven into the fabric of modern life, and how the “energy capital” of Los Angeles exerted far-flung influence in the US West.A contribution to the relatively understudied history of small businesses in the United States, Oil and Urbanization on the Pacific Coast explores issues of interest to multiple audiences, such as the competition for influence over urban development waged among local growth machines and outside corporate interests; the urban rivalries of a region; the importance of public capital in mobilizing the commercial real estate sector during the Great Depression and World War II; and the relationships among owners, architects, and contractors in the execution of commercial building projects.

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Utgivningsdatum2018-08-23
Mått152 x 228 x 20 mm
Vikt560 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieEnergy and Society
Antal sidor384
FörlagWest Virginia University Press
ISBN9781946684363

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List of FiguresList of TablesAcknowledgmentsList of AbbreviationsIntroduction: The Role of the Independent Oil Operator1. Developing the Ventura Avenue Field2. Local Elites, Outside Companies, and Ventura’s Oil Boom3. Making Portland a Wonderful City4. False Start: Ralph Lloyd’s East Side Dream Falls Short5. The Lloyd Corporation Becomes an Independent Operator6. Depression-Era Commercial Real Estate Development and Management7. Public Capital and the Development of Portland’s East Side8. The Suburbanization of Urban Space: The Lloyd CenterConclusionCollectionsNotesIndex

This meticulously researched biography makes a valuable contribution to American business history by showing how Ralph Lloyd navigated a changing energy and real estate environment. It explores the interactions between oil field development and urban development, both on the scene in Ventura as a boom town and away from the scene in Los Angeles and Portland as opportunities for investment."" - Carl Abbott, author of How Cities Won the West: Four Centuries of Urban Change in Western North America""A tour de force. Adamson's command of business history and the depth of his research are stunning. This is, hands down, the most meticulous study of an independent oilman I have ever read."" - Diana Hinton, author of Shale Boom: The Barnett Shale Play and Fort Worth