Enduring Legacy Oil, Culture, and Society in Venezuela

Name: Enduring Legacy Oil, Culture, and Society in Venezuela
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ISBN: 9780822344193

ISBN-10: 082234419X

ISBN-13: 9780822344193

Edition: 2009

Authors: Miguel Tinker Salas, Gilbert M. Joseph, Emily S. Rosenberg

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Oil has played a major role in Venezuela's economy since the first gusher was discovered along Lake Maracaibo in 1922. As Miguel Tinker Salas demonstrates, oil has also transformed the country's social, cultural, and political landscapes. InThe Enduring Legacy, Tinker Salas traces the history of the oil industry's rise in Venezuela from the beginning of the twentieth century, paying particular attention to the experiences and perceptions of industry employees, both American and Venezuelan. He reveals how class ambitions and corporate interests combined to reshape many Venezuelans' ideas of citizenship. Middle-class Venezuelans embraced the oil industry from the start, anticipating that it…

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List price: $25.99
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Duke University Press
Publication date: 5/11/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 344
Size: 0.24" wide x 0.35" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 1.408
Language: English



Preface


Introduction: Oil, Culture, and Society



A Tropical Mediterranean: Lake Maracaibo at the Turn of the Century



The Search for Black Gold



La Ruta Petrolera: Learning to Live with Oil



Oil, Race, Labor, and Nationalism



Our Tropical Outpost: Gender and the Senior Staff Camps



The Oil Industry and Civil Society



Oil and Politics: An Enduring Relation


Conclusion


Notes


Bibliography


Index