Title Crude existence : environment and the politics of oil in Northern Angola / Kristin Reed

Published Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2009

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 323 pages) Series Global, area, and international archive Global, area, and international archive. Contents Washing ashore -- Petro-capitalism -- Petro-violence -- Shallow graves -- Unpalatable compensation -- Militant territorialization -- Corporate territorialization -- Conclusion : converging shores Summary After decades of civil war and instability, the African country of Angola is experiencing a spectacular economic boom thanks to its most valuable natural resource: oil. But oil extraction--both on- and offshore--is a toxic remedy for the country's economic ills, with devastating effects on both the environment and traditional livelihoods. Focusing on the everyday realities of people living in the extraction zones, Kristin Reed explores the exclusion, degradation, and violence that are the fruits of petrocapitalism in Angola Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL English Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed digitized 2011 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Subject Petroleum industry and trade -- Angola Petroleum industry and trade -- Government policy -- Angola Petroleum industry and trade -- Social aspects -- Angola Petroleum industry and trade -- Environmental aspects -- Angola Political violence -- Angola HISTORY -- Africa -- Central. NATURE -- Environmental Conservation & Protection. Economic history Petroleum industry and trade Petroleum industry and trade -- Environmental aspects Petroleum industry and trade -- Government policy Petroleum industry and trade -- Social aspects Political violence Politics and government Social conditions Erdölgewinnung Umweltschaden Sozialer Wandel Erdölgewinnung. Umweltschaden. Sozialer Wandel. Angola. Petroleum industry. Environmental protection. Socio-economic conditions. Violence. Government. Politics. SUBJECT Angola -- Politics and government -- 1975- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85005125 Angola -- Economic conditions -- 1975- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85005105 Angola -- Social conditions Subject Angola Angola -- Nord Angola. Form Electronic book LC no. 2021697055 ISBN 9780520942585 0520942582

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