Download eBook Free: https://ouo.io/nud9zQ Crude Existence Environment and the Politics of Oil in Northern Angola By: Kristin Reed Publisher: University of California Press Print ISBN: 9780520258228, 0520258223 eText ISBN: 9780520942585, 0520942582 Edition: 1st Pages: 338 Copyright year: 2009 Format: PDF Available from $ 36.95 USD SKU 9780520942585 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. But oil extraction--both on- and offshore--is a toxic remedy for the country's economic ills, with devastating effects on both the environment and traditional livelihoods. Focusing on the everyday realities of people living in the extraction zones, Kristin Reed explores the exclusion, degradation, and violence that are the fruits of petrocapitalism in Angola.
