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

Publication Info. New York : Berghahn Books, [2011]
©2011

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Description 1 online resource (vi, 325 pages) : illustrations, maps.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Dislocations ; v. 9
Dislocations ; v. 9.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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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Subject Petroleum industry and trade -- Social aspects.
Petroleum industry and trade -- Social aspects.
Petroleum industry and trade.
Petroleum industry and trade -- Cross-cultural studies.
Genre/Form Cross-cultural studies.
Subject Social responsibility of business.
Social responsibility of business.
Human rights and globalization.
Culture and globalization.
Human rights and globalization.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- General.
Culture and globalization.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- General.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Berhrends, Andrea.
Reyna, Stephen P.
Schlee, Günther.
Other Form: Print version: Crude domination. New York : Berghahn Books, ©2011 (DLC) 2011014624
ISBN 9780857452566 (electronic book)
0857452568 (electronic book)
9780857452559
085745255X