A Swamp Full of Dollars
Pipelines and Paramilitaries at Nigeria's Oil Frontier
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2009
I.B. Tauris (Verlag)
978-1-84511-920-1 (ISBN)
I.B. Tauris (Verlag)
978-1-84511-920-1 (ISBN)
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Through a host of characters, from the prostitutes of Port Harcourt to the Area Boys of Lagos, from the militants in their swamp forest hide-outs to the oil company executives in London, this title tells the story of Nigeria, which grows ever more wild and lawless by the day as its crude oil pumps through our cities.
Nigeria is a country where petroleum prices and polio are both booming, where small villages challenge giant oil companies, and scooter drivers run their own mini-state. The oil-rich Delta region at the heart of it all is, as Peel shows us, a troublespot as hot as the local pepper soup. Through a host of characters, from the prostitutes of Port Harcourt to the Area Boys of Lagos, from the militants in their swamp forest hide-outs to the oil company executives in London, Peel tells the story of this extraordinary country, which grows ever more wild and lawless by the day as its crude oil pumps through our cities.
Nigeria is a country where petroleum prices and polio are both booming, where small villages challenge giant oil companies, and scooter drivers run their own mini-state. The oil-rich Delta region at the heart of it all is, as Peel shows us, a troublespot as hot as the local pepper soup. Through a host of characters, from the prostitutes of Port Harcourt to the Area Boys of Lagos, from the militants in their swamp forest hide-outs to the oil company executives in London, Peel tells the story of this extraordinary country, which grows ever more wild and lawless by the day as its crude oil pumps through our cities.
Michael Peel is the legal correspondent for the Financial Times, having previously been its West Africa correspondent. He has contributed articles on Africa to the 'London Review of Books' and 'Prospect Magazine'.
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 4.12.2009 |
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Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 134 x 216 mm |
Themenwelt | Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
Technik ► Elektrotechnik / Energietechnik | |
ISBN-10 | 1-84511-920-7 / 1845119207 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-84511-920-1 / 9781845119201 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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