"Paradise" and "progress" : the Huasteca in the nineteenth century -- Controlling the tropical forest : the shift in land tenure patterns -- The anatomy of progress : changing land use patterns -- "Masters of men, masters of nature" : social change in the Huasteca -- "Coarse in manner" : Mexican oil workers, 1905-1921 -- Revolutionaries, conservation, and wasteland -- Revolution from below : the oil unions, 1924-1938
Summary
'The Ecology of Oil' is 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
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 373-396) and index
