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Crude domination : an anthropology of oil / edited by Andrea Berhrends, Stephen P. Reyna, and Günther Schlee.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Dislocations ; v. 9.Publication details: New York : Berghahn Books, ©2011.Description: 1 online resource (vi, 325 pages) : illustrations, mapsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780857452566
  • 0857452568
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Crude domination.DDC classification:
  • 338.2/7282 22
LOC classification:
  • HD9560.5 .C78 2011eb
Other classification:
  • LC 51000
Online resources:
Contents:
Generalities -- Africa -- Latin America -- Post-Socialist Russia.
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 practitioners alike: proble.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Generalities -- Africa -- Latin America -- Post-Socialist Russia.

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 practitioners alike: proble.

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