Working for Oil Comparative Social Histories of Labor in the Global Oil Industry /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Atabaki, Touraj (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Bini, Elisabetta (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Ehsani, Kaveh (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Economic sociology.; Energy policy.; Energy and state.; Labor-History.; Social history.; Organizational Studies, Economic Sociology.; Energy Policy, Economics and Management.; Labor History.; Social History.

This volume looks at the social history of oil workers to investigate how labor relations and experiences have shaped the emergence of this global extractive industry. Three inter-related themes are investigated by scholars: the political life of labor, the productive life of labor, and the urban an...