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Crude World: The Violent Twilight of Oil

By Peter Maass

Book information

Publisher
Vintage
Year
2010
ISBN
1400075459, 9781400075454
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
4 MB (3822525 bytes)
Series
Vintage
Edition
1 Reprint
Pages
288\0
Time added
2013-10-17 23:33:30

Description

The catastrophic oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico has brought new attention to the huge costs of our oil dependence. In this stunning and revealing book, Peter Maass examines the social, political, and environmental impact of petroleum on the countries that produce it.Every unhappy oil-producing nation is unhappy in its own way, but all are touched by the “resource curse”—the power of oil to exacerbate existing problems and create new ones. Peter Maass presents a vivid portrait of the troubled world oil has created. From Saudi Arabia to Equatorial Guinea, from Venezuela to Iraq, the stories of rebels, royalty, middlemen, environmentalists, indigenous activists, and CEOs—all deftly and sensitively presented—come together in this startling and essential account of the consequences of our addiction to oil.

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