Easy Money
Oil Promoters and Investors in the Jazz Age
By Roger M. Olien, Diana Davids Hinton
240 pp., 6 x 9, 9 halftones
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Paperback ISBN: 978-0-8078-4291-1
Published: November 1990 -
E-book EPUB ISBN: 978-1-4696-3959-8
Published: October 2017 -
E-book PDF ISBN: 979-8-8908-8062-8
Published: October 2017
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During the great oil speculations in the 1920s, both promoters and investors became victims of their common greed. Outlining the activities of several different promoters and drawing on business papers, federal court records, and local land records, the Oliens describe the legal and regulatory responses to fraud. Their fascinating story breaks new ground in American social and business history and offers new insight into the culture of American capitalism.
Reviews
"Takes a lively and often astonishing look at oil investment promoters: their techniques, failures and clients."--Publishers Weekly
"This sprightly, well-researched account of a neglected area of business history explores a fascinating array of characters and con men. But its real agenda is that quintessential American craving for the rainbow and its pot of gold: the easy-money, get-rich-quick mentality that formed a curious and compelling bond between the promoter and his victim."--Maury Klein, University of Rhode Island