Shell Petroleum Development Company, the State and Underdevelopment of Nigeria's Niger Delta: A Study in Environmental Degradation

by Daniel A. Omoweh

An examination of the origins, nature and trend of capitalist development promoted by Shell and the Nigerian State in the Delta region. Omoweh incorporates a critical analysis of how the environment and economies of oil producing countries have been steadily damaged over the years by Shell and the state, in comparison with the actions of other foreign oils companies like Chevron and Mobil. He looks at the patterns of protest the inhabitants of oil...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0865439842
• ISBN13: 9780865439849
• Release Date: June 2005
• Publisher: Africa Research and Publications
• Length: 318 Pages
• Weight: 1.01 lbs.