The Ecology of Oil: Environment, Labor, and the Mexican Revolution, 1900-1938

by Myrna I. Santiago

Book Overview

An exploration of the social and environmental consequences of oil extraction in the tropical rainforest. Using northern Veracruz as a case study, the author argues that oil production generated major historical and environmental transformations in land tenure systems and uses, and social organisation. Such changes, furthermore, entailed effects, including the marginalisation of indigenes, environmental destruction, and tense labour relations. In...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521863244
• ISBN13: 9780521863247
• Release Date: August 2006
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 426 Pages
• Weight: 1.59 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.4" x 9.1"