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Living oil : petroleum culture in the American century /

'Living Oil' is a work of environmental cultural studies that engages with a wide spectrum of cultural forms, from museum exhibits and oil industry tours to poetry, documentary film, fiction, still photography, novels and memoirs. The book's unique focus is the aesthetic, sensory and...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: LeMenager, Stephanie, 1968-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2014.
Colección:Oxford studies in American literary history ; 5.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:'Living Oil' is a work of environmental cultural studies that engages with a wide spectrum of cultural forms, from museum exhibits and oil industry tours to poetry, documentary film, fiction, still photography, novels and memoirs. The book's unique focus is the aesthetic, sensory and emotional legacies of petroleum, from its rise to the preeminent modern fossil fuel during World War I through the current era of so-called Tough Oil.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xi, 263 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780199899432
0199899436