Untapped: The Scramble for Africa's Oil
de John Ghazvinian
- Usado
- Tapa dura
- Estado
- Used - Good
- ISBN 10
- 0151011389
- ISBN 13
- 9780151011384
- Librería
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Eugene , Oregon, United States
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Sinopsis
Although Africa has long been known to be rich in oil, extracting it hadn’t seemed worth the effort and risk until recently. But with the price of Middle Eastern crude oil skyrocketing and advancing technology making reserves easier to tap, the region has become the scene of a competition between major powers that recalls the nineteenth-century scramble for colonization there. Already the United States imports more of its oil from Africa than from Saudi Arabia, and China, too, looks to the continent for its energy security. What does this giddy new oil boom meanfor America, for the world, for Africans themselves? To find out, John Ghazvinian traveled through twelve African countriesfrom Sudan to Congo to Angolatalking to warlords, industry executives, bandits, activists, priests, missionaries, oil-rig workers, scientists, and ordinary people whose lives have been transformednot necessarily for the betterby the riches beneath their feet. The result is a high-octane narrative that reveals the challenges, obstacles, reasons for despair, and reasons for hope emerging from the world’s newest energy hot spot.
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Detalles
- Librería
- St. Vinnie's Charitable Books (US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- L-01-3106
- Título
- Untapped: The Scramble for Africa's Oil
- Autor
- John Ghazvinian
- Estado del libro
- Used - Good
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- ISBN 10
- 0151011389
- ISBN 13
- 9780151011384
- Editorial
- Harcourt
- Lugar de publicación
- Orlando, Fl, U.s.a.
- Primera fecha de publicación de esta edición
- April 9, 2007
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St. Vinnie's Charitable Books
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St. Vinnie's Charitable Books
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