Crude World: The Violent Twilight of Oil
基本信息·出版社：Allen Lane ·页码：288 页 ·出版日期：2009年10月 ·ISBN：1846142466 ·International Standard Book Number：1846142466 ·条形码 ...
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基本信息·出版社：Allen Lane
·页码：288 页
·出版日期：2009年10月
·ISBN：1846142466
·International Standard Book Number：1846142466
·条形码：9781846142468
·EAN：9781846142468
·装帧：精装
内容简介 Oil makes the world work. It has become so vital that even a small reduction in output can cause economic chaos. We know that our reliance on oil is potentially disastrous but what we are less clear about is the terrible damage it inflicts on the countries that produce it. The people who should benefit most from the riches of oil are, quite often, harmed by it. "Crude World" offers a passionate look at some of the most awful places in the world - the violent, repressive and polluted countries where oil is extracted. Peter Maass follows the journey of oil and shows how the substance sullies so much of what it touches, poisoning land and rivers, promoting political bloodshed and creating corruption on a staggering scale. We tend to gauge the price of oil by its cost at the petrol station or its role in global warming, but Maass vividly shows an altogether different price paid by people who live in countries that are rich in petroleum but not wealth or freedom. He shows how the profits of oil benefit mainly the companies and governments that receive royalty cheques and will do more or less anything to sustain the flow of money. From Nigerian fishermen to Moscow oligarchs, from American generals in Iraq to environmentalists in Ecuador, from British executives to Saudi jihadists, Peter Maass connects the dots and shows how our relationship to oil is so deadly. "Crude World" is a magnificent piece of reportage that reveals the price others pay for the lives we lead.
作者简介 Peter Maass is author of the Love Thy Neighbour: A Story of War, based on his experiences in the war in Bosnia. It won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, the Overseas Press Club Book Prize, and was a finalist for several other literary awards. He is now a contributing writer at the New York Times Magazine and regularly contributes to the New Yorker, the New Republic, the Atlantic Monthly, Outside and Slate, among others.
