{"product_id":"canadas-victorian-oil-town-9780773531123","title":"Canada’s Victorian Oil Town","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the early 1850s, the oil industry had a major impact on the resource town of Petrolia, Ontario. Christina Burr explores the ways in which the industry provided a common cultural identification that helped Petrolia change from a rough shanty-town of disreputable land speculators and \"wildcatters\" into an orderly, \"civilized\" Victorian community.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDeparting from traditional historiography focused on the economic role of resource development, \u003ci\u003eCanada's Victorian Oil Town\u003c\/i\u003e incorporates an understanding of the connections between science and technology, nation and imperialism, and cultural nuances of community-building. Burr looks at the cultural importance of place and how collective identity was nurtured in the community. She also illustrates how the image of Petrolia as \u003ci\u003eCanada's Victorian Oil Town \u003c\/i\u003ehas been used since the 1970s to develop a thriving tourist industry in the region. Interdisciplinary in scope, \u003ci\u003eCanada's Victorian Oil Town \u003c\/i\u003edraws from the history of imperialism, science, resource development, local history, gender studies, and cultural geography.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Christina Burr","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48828023144699,"sku":"9780773531123","price":125.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/canadas-victorian-oil-town-9780773531123","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}