Assesses the role of a foreign-dominated oil industry in the construction of Venezuelan citizenship and the industry's impact on culture and politics, as well as race, class, and labor relations of the nation.
Assesses the role of a foreign-dominated oil industry in the construction of Venezuelan citizenship and the industry's impact on culture and politics, as well as race, class, and labor relations of the nation.
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.”
Inhaltsangabe
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
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
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