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The enduring legacy : oil, culture, and society in Venezuela / Miguel Tinker Salas.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Tinker Salas, Miguel.
- Series:
- American encounters/global interactions.
- e-Duke books scholarly collection.
- American encounters/global interactions
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Petroleum industry and trade--Social aspects--Venezuela.
- Petroleum industry and trade.
- Petroleum industry and trade--Political aspects--Venezuela.
- Venezuela--Civilization--20th century.
- Venezuela.
- Venezuela--Social conditions--20th century.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (344 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Durham [NC] : Duke University Press, 2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- A history of the oil industry s rise in Venezuela focused especially on the experiences and perceptions of industry employees, both American and Venezuelan.
- Contents:
- Introduction : oil, culture, and society
- A tropical Mediterranean : Lake Maracaibo at the turn of the century
- The search for black gold
- La ruta petrolera : learning to live with oil
- Oil, race, labor, and nationalism
- Our tropical outpost : gender and the senior staff camps
- The oil industry and civil society
- Oil and politics : an enduring relation
- Conclusion : an enduring legacy.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [299]-315)and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786613065353
- 9781283065351
- 1283065355
- 9780822392231
- 0822392232
- OCLC:
- 320539100
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