Map: The Austro-Hungarian Empire, 1867–1914

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Illustrations ix
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. Note on Translation xv
6. Abbreviations xix
7. Map: The Austro-Hungarian Empire, 1867–1914 xxi
8. Introduction 1
9. 1 The Land Where Salt and Oil Flowed: Austrian Galicia 24
10. 2 Galician California: Battles for Land and Mineral Rights 48
11. 3 Petroleum Fever: Foreign Entrepreneurs and a New National Industry 75
12. 4 The Boys Don’t Sleep at Home: Workers’ Dreams of Wealth and Independence 109
13. 5 Oil City: The Epidemic of Overproduction 140
14. 6 Blood of the Earth: The Crisis of War 173
15. 7 A Hotly Disputed Territory: The Struggle for Eastern Galicia 205
16. Conclusion 237
17. Appendix: Data on Oil Production 259
18. Notes 265
19. Archival and Primary Sources 319
20. Index 331