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Crude domination : an anthropology of oil / edited by Andrea Berhrends, Stephen P. Reyna, and Gunther Schlee.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Dislocations ; v. 9.
- Dislocations ; v. 9
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Petroleum industry and trade--Social aspects.
- Petroleum industry and trade.
- Petroleum industry and trade--Cross-cultural studies.
- Social responsibility of business.
- Human rights and globalization.
- Culture and globalization.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (334 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Berghahn Books, c2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Crude Domination is an innovative and important book about a critical topic - oil. While there have been numerous works about petroleum from 'experience-far' perspectives, there have been relatively few that have turned the 'experience-near' ethnographic gaze of anthropology on the topic. Crude Domination does just this among more peoples and more places than any other volume. Its chapters investigate nuances of culture, politics and economics in Africa, Latin America, and Eurasia as they pertain to petroleum. They wrestle with the key questions vexing scholars and practit
- Contents:
- Generalities
- Africa
- Latin America
- Post-Socialist Russia.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786613326485
- 9781782380368
- 1782380361
- 9781283326483
- 1283326485
- 9780857452559
- 085745255X
- OCLC:
- 769188698
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