| Book Review | The Journal of American History, 90.1

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Oil in Texas: The Gusher Age, 1895–1945. By Diana Davids Olien and Roger M. Olien. (Austin: University of Texas Press, 2002. xii, 307 pp. $39.95, ISBN 0-292-76056-6.)

During the first half of the twentieth century, the rise of the oil and gas industry transformed the state of Texas. Although the presence of oil in the state had been known for a long time, the "boom era" did not really begin until the Spindletop gusher blew in on January 10, 1901. That event was followed by a decades-long—sometimes madcap—scramble for additional deposits of black gold that resulted in the production of almost unimaginable wealth. In the process individual fortunes were made, towns were formed, there was significant population redistribution, supporting businesses and industries developed, and Texas became the center of the nation's petroleum industry. All those changes are described and analyzed with great skill in this excellent volume.

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