Main entry:

Adamson, Michael R., author.

Title & Author:

Oil and urbanization on the Pacific Coast : Ralph Bramel Lloyd and the shaping of the urban West / Michael R. Adamson.

Edition:

First edition.

Publication:

Morgantown : West Virginia University Press, 2018.
©2018

Description:

xvi, 379 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Series:

Energy and society

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: the role of the independent oil operator -- Developing the Ventura Avenue field -- Local elites, outside companies, and Ventura's oil boom -- Making Portland a wonderful city -- False start: Ralph Lloyd's East Side dream falls short -- The Lloyd Corporation becomes an independent operator -- Depression-era commercial real estate development and management -- Public capital and the development of Portland's East Side -- The suburbanization of urban space: the Lloyd Center -- Conclusion.

ISBN:

9781946684431 hardcover
1946684430 hardcover
9781946684363 paperback
1946684368 paperback
9781946684448 (Ebook)

Subject:

Lloyd, Ralph Bramel.
Businessmen Pacific States Biography.
Petroleum industry and trade Pacific States History.
Real estate development Pacific States History.
Hommes d'affaires États du Pacifique (États-Unis) Biographies.
Pétrole Industrie et commerce États du Pacifique (États-Unis) Histoire.
Promotion immobilière États du Pacifique (États-Unis) Histoire.
Businessmen
Petroleum industry and trade
Real estate development
United States Pacific States

Form/genre:

Biographies.
History

Added entries:

Energy and society.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 306601
Call No.: BIB 252154
Status: Available