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Imperial Standard: Imperial Oil, Exxon, and the Canadian Oil Industry from 1880(Energy Histories, Cultures, and Politics)

Imperial Standard: Imperial Oil, Exxon, and the Canadian Oil Industry from 1880(Energy Histories, Cultures, and Politics)


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For over 130 years, Imperial Oil dominated Canada's oil industry. Their 1947 discovery of crude oil in Leduc, Alberta transformed the industry and the country. But from 1899 onwards, two-thirds of the company was owned by an American giant, making Imperial Oil one of the largest foreign-controlled multinationals in Canada. Imperial Standard is the first full-scale history of Imperial Oil. It illuminates Imperial's longstanding connections to Standard Oil of New Jersey, also known as Exxon Mobil. Although this relationship was often beneficial to Imperial, allowing them access to technology and capital, it also came at a cost, causing Imperial to be assailed as the embodiment of foreign control of Canada's natural resources. Graham D. Taylor draws on an extensive collection of primary sources to explore the complex relationship between the two companies. This groundbreaking history provides unprecedented insight into one of Canada's most influential oil companies as it has grown and evolved with the industry itself.

Table of Contents:
Illustrations Acknowledgements Introduction Prologue Part One: Foundations 1860-19171. Origins 2. Where Empires Collide 3. Resurrection Part Two: Before Leduc 1917-19474. Adventures in the Tropis 5. Cogs in the Wheel 6. The Winning of the West Part Three: After Leduc 1974-1980 7. Golden Age 8. Diversification 9. A More Complex World 10. Northern Visions Epilogue: Since 1980 11. The Rollder Coaster 12. Exxon and Imperial: Ties that Bind 13. A Change in the Climage Conclusion Appendices Notes Bibilography Index

About the Author :
Graham D. Taylor is professor emeritus in the Department of History at Trent University. He is the author of Du Pont and the International Chemical Industry, and The Rise of Canadian Business. He is winner of the 2015 Petroleum History Society Best Article Prize

Review :
Graham D. Taylor draws on the rich archives of Imperial Oil and Exxon-Mobil to provide a detailed comprehensive of the relationship between the Canadian oil company and its main shareholder and investor, Jersey Standard/Exxon. --Andrew Watson, Canadian Business History Stated simply, Imperial Standard is an outstanding and accessible account of the Canadian oil industry's most important companies by one of Canada's foremost business historians. --Paul Chastko, Canadian Journal of History This is not a simple case study that narrowly analyzes how yet another Canadian firm was swallowed by a U.S. colossus. Imperial Standard reveals a legacy of complicated dynamics-between subsidiary and parent, between corporation and state-and helps us understand the inception of fossil-¬fuelled industrial capitalism in this country. - Dimitry Anastakis, Literary Review of Canada


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781773854328
  • Publisher: University of Calgary Press
  • Publisher Imprint: University of Calgary Press
  • Height: 228 mm
  • No of Pages: 380
  • Series Title: Energy Histories, Cultures, and Politics
  • Sub Title: Imperial Oil, Exxon, and the Canadian Oil Industry from 1880
  • Width: 152 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1773854321
  • Publisher Date: 30 Apr 2019
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Spine Width: 30 mm
  • Weight: 577 gr


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