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1 online resource |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Summary |
"Oil is not new to Saskatchewan. Many of the wells found on farmland across the province date back to the 1950s when the industry began to spread. But there is little doubt that the recent boom (2006-2014) and subsequent downturn in unconventional oil production has reshaped rural lives and landscapes. While many small towns were suffering from depopulation and decline, others reoriented themselves around a booming oil industry. In place of the abandoned houses and shuttered shops found in many small towns in Saskatchewan, housing developments sprang up with new trucks and boats parked in driveways. Yet people in oil-producing areas also lived amid flare stacks that made them ill, had trouble finding housing due to vacancy rates that were among the lowest in the country, suffered through family breakdown because of long working hours and time spent away from home, and endured spills and leaks that contaminated their land. In the summer of 2014, at the height of the boom, geographer Emily Eaton and photographer Valerie Zink travelled to oil towns across the province, from the sea-can motel built from shipping containers on the outskirts of Estevan to seismic testing sites on Thunderchild First Nation's Sundance grounds."-- Provided by publisher. |
| Contents |
Cover; Contents; Map; A Note on the Photographs; Introduction; The Past, Present, and Future of Oil in Saskatchewan; Hosting the Oil Industry; Working the Oil Industry; Servicing the Boom; Resisting the Oil Industry; Conclusion; Notes. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Petroleum industry and trade -- Saskatchewan -- Pictorial works.
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Petroleum industry and trade. |
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Saskatchewan. |
| Genre/Form |
Pictorial works.
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| Subject |
Petroleum industry and trade -- Saskatchewan -- Anecdotes.
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| Genre/Form |
Anecdotes.
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Petroleum workers -- Saskatchewan -- Social conditions -- Pictorial works.
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Petroleum workers. |
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Social conditions. |
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Petroleum workers -- Saskatchewan -- Social conditions -- Anecdotes.
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Rural conditions -- Pictorial works.
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Rural conditions. |
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Rural development -- Saskatchewan -- Pictorial works.
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Rural development. |
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Small cities -- Saskatchewan -- Pictorial works.
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Small cities. |
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Saskatchewan -- Pictorial works.
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Electronic books.
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Illustrated works.
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Illustrated works.
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Anecdotes.
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| Added Author |
Eaton, Emily, 1980- author.
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| Other Form: |
Print version:Zink, Valerie, 1981-, photographer. Fault lines. (CaOONL)20169031241 |
| ISBN |
9780887555169 (electronic book) |
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0887555160 (electronic book) |
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9780887555145 |
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0887555144 |
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088755783X |
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9780887557835 |
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