Right after many years of civil war and instability, the African region of Angola is enduring a stunning economic boom thanks to its most precious normal resource: oil. But oil extraction–the two on- and offshore–is a poisonous remedy for the country’s economic ills, with devastating effects on both the surroundings and standard livelihoods. Focusing on the everyday realities of folks dwelling in the extraction zones, Kristin Reed explores the exclusion, degradation, and violence that are the fruits of petrocapitalism in Angola.
Far more Product Specifics: Crude Existence: Atmosphere and the Politics of Oil in Northern Angola (Worldwide, Area, and Worldwide Archive)
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Angola, Africa. 1008
Angola, Africa. 1008

