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  • How whaling shaped U.S. culture even after petroleum replaced it

    Aug 14, 2023 2:00 pm by Jodi HeckelCultural Exploration
    The whaling ship Progress was exhibited at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago. Photo courtesy Jamie L. Jones

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    • The whaling ship Progress was exhibited at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago. Photo courtesy Jamie L. Jones

    U of I professor Jamie Jones examines the huge energy transition from whale oil to fossil fuels and the continuing influence of the whaling industry in her book 'Rendered Obsolete: The Afterlife of U.S. Whaling in the Petroleum Age.'