Título:
A swamp full of dollars : pipelines and paramilitaries at Nigeria's oil frontier / Michael Peel.
ISBN:
9781569766972
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Información de publicación:
Chicago, Illinois : Lawrence Hill Books, [2021]
©2009
Descripción física:
1 online resource (xx, 220 pages) : maps
Nota general:
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Contenido:
Prologue : trigger point -- Stark illiterates and junkies -- Where duty and glory lead -- More popular than Churchill -- The boys from the bookshop -- Fuel the bike, fuel the rider -- The discerning gentlemen -- Fish, but not fishing -- Things are looking up -- Not hostages but journalists -- Epilogue : the hope of the world.
Síntesis:
Explores the situation surrounding oil in Nigeria, and discusses the impact of the petroleum industry on the country since its independence. Examines the role of militias, multi-national corporations, and politicians in the corruption and exploitation of the Nigerian people as a result of the oil industry.
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