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Settling the boom : the sites and subjects of Bakken oil /

"Settling the Boom studies how the disruptive forces of an oil boom in the northern Great Plains are contained through the extension of settler temporalities, reassertions of heteropatriarchy, and the tethering of life to the volatility of oil and its cruel optimisms. The collection reveals the...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Thomas, Mary E. (Mary Elizabeth), 1970- (Editor ), Braun, Bruce, 1964- (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2023]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:"Settling the Boom studies how the disruptive forces of an oil boom in the northern Great Plains are contained through the extension of settler temporalities, reassertions of heteropatriarchy, and the tethering of life to the volatility of oil and its cruel optimisms. The collection reveals the results of sustained research in Williston, North Dakota, the epicenter of the "Bakken Boom.""--
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xiii, 234 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781452968414
1452968411
9781452968421
145296842X