The Enduring Legacy
Oil, Culture, and Society in Venezuela
1st Edition
Published on 11. May 2009
344 pages
978-0-8223-9223-1 (ISBN)
Description
A history of the oil industrys rise in Venezuela focused especially on the experiences and perceptions of industry employees, both American and Venezuelan.
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Persons
Miguel Tinker Salas is Arango Professor in Latin American History and Professor of History and Chicano/a Studies at Pomona College. He is the author of In the Shadow of the Eagles: Sonora and the Transformation of the Border during the Porfiriato and co-editor of Venezuela: Hugo Chávez and the Decline of an "Exceptional Democracy."
Content
Preface vii
Introduction: Oil, Culture, and Society 1
1. A Tropical Mediterranean: Lake Maracaibo at the Turn of the Century 15
2. The Search for Black Gold 39
3. La Ruta Petrolera: Learning to Live with Oil 73
4. Oil, Race, Labor, and Nationalism 107
5. Our Tropical Outpost: Gender and the Senior Staff Camps 143
6. The Oil Industry and Civil Society 171
7. Oil and Politics: An Enduring Relation 205
Conclusion: An Enduring Legacy 237
Notes 251
Bibliography 299
Index 317
Introduction: Oil, Culture, and Society 1
1. A Tropical Mediterranean: Lake Maracaibo at the Turn of the Century 15
2. The Search for Black Gold 39
3. La Ruta Petrolera: Learning to Live with Oil 73
4. Oil, Race, Labor, and Nationalism 107
5. Our Tropical Outpost: Gender and the Senior Staff Camps 143
6. The Oil Industry and Civil Society 171
7. Oil and Politics: An Enduring Relation 205
Conclusion: An Enduring Legacy 237
Notes 251
Bibliography 299
Index 317
