Crude Britannia : how oil shaped a nation

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    • Marriott, James
    • Macalister, Terry

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Crude Britannia : how oil shaped a nation

James Marriott and Terry Macalister

Pluto Press, 2021

  • : hardback

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [411]-413) and index

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内容説明

'Dripping with delicious detail' - Aditya Chakrabortty Taking the reader on a journey through North East Scotland, Merseyside, South Wales, the Thames Estuary and London, this is the story of Britain's oil-soaked past, present and future. Travelling the country, the authors discover how the financial power and political muscle of an industry built the culture of a nation from pop music to kitchen appliances, and how companies constructed an empire, extracting the wealth of the world from Iran to Nigeria and Alaska. Today, the tide seems to be going out - Britain's refineries have been quietly closed, the North Sea oilfields are declining and wind farms are being built in their place. As the country painfully shifts into its new post-industrial role in the shadow of Covid, Brexit and the climate crisis, many believe the age of oil to be over. But is it? Speaking to oil company executives and traders, as well as refinery workers, filmmakers and musicians, activists and politicians, the authors put real people at the heart of a compelling story.

目次

List of Maps and Table List of Tracks Prologue: The Last Living Rose PART I: 1940-1979 1. The Whole World Was Aflame .2 : The Brightness of the Heavens 3. Baby, You Can Drive My Car 4. Dirt Behind the Daydream 5. Only One Road to Paradise PART II: 1979-2008 6. And If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next 7. Tuireadh: Lament 8. Suude ne gbo gima de: The Eye of the Blind 9. Local Hero 10. Stanlow PART III: 2008-2020 11. This Bitter Earth 12. Rough Trade 13. Nexus of Outrage 14. Heading for Extinction Epilogue: The Commonwealth of Wind Notes Selected Bibliography Acknowledgements Index

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