Oil and Urbanization on the Pacific Coast: Ralph Bramel Lloyd and the Shaping of the Urban West

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Michael R. Adamson

Oil and Urbanization on the Pacific Coast

Ralph Bramel Lloyd and the Shaping of the Urban West

Michael R. Adamson

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West Virginia University Press
23 August 2018

History of the Americas; Social & cultural history; Urban communities; Petroleum & oil industries

Series: Energy and Society

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.

By: Michael R. Adamson
Imprint: West Virginia University Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 228mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 560g
ISBN: 9781946684363
ISBN 10: 1946684368
Series: Energy and Society
Pages: 384
Publication Date: 23 August 2018
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Michael R. Adamson is the author of A Better Way to Build: A History of the Pankow Companies. Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, he is an independent scholar whose essays on business and urban history and US foreign economic policy have appeared in many peer-reviewed journals and scholarly collections.

Reviews for Oil and Urbanization on the Pacific Coast: Ralph Bramel Lloyd and the Shaping of the Urban West

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