 | Canada''s Victorian Oil Town: The Transformation of Petrolia from Resource Town into a Victorian Community Subjects: Petrolia (Ont.) -- History; Group identity -- Ontario -- Petrolia -- History; Community life -- Ontario -- Petrolia -- History; Petroleum industry and trade -- Social aspects -- Ontario -- Petrolia -- History; In the early 1850s, the oil industry had a major impact on the resource town of Petrolia, Ontario. Christina Burr explores the ways in which the industry provided a common cultural identification that helped Petrolia change from a rough shanty-town of disreputable land speculators and "wildcatters" into an orderly, "civilized" Victorian community. Burr Christina : Christina Burr is the author of Spreading the Light: Work and Labour Reform in Late Nineteenth-Century Toronto and associate professor, history, University of Windsor.Christina Burr is the author of Spreading the Light: Work and Labour Reform in Late Nineteenth-Century Toronto and associate professor, history, University of Windsor. |
