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

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Publication details: Berkeley : University of California Press, (c)2009.Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 323 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
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  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780520942585
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • HD9577 .C783 2009
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Contents:
Petro-capitalism -- Petro-violence -- Shallow graves -- Unpalatable compensation -- Militant territorialization -- Corporate territorialization -- Conclusion : converging shores.
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Subject: 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.
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Includes bibliographies and index.

Washing ashore -- Petro-capitalism -- Petro-violence -- Shallow graves -- Unpalatable compensation -- Militant territorialization -- Corporate territorialization -- Conclusion : converging shores.

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.

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