Crude Existence

Crude Existence
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Publisher : Univ of California Press
Total Pages : 338
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ISBN-10 : 9780520258228
ISBN-13 : 0520258223
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Book Synopsis Crude Existence by : Kristin Reed

Download or read book Crude Existence written by Kristin Reed and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2009-11-15 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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. Focusing on the everyday realities of people living in the extraction zones, Reed explores the exclusion, degradation, and violence that are the fruits of petrocapitalism in Angola.


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