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Zusatztext "An elegantly written travel book about a pipeline … A distinctive blend of travelogue! reportage and history."— Financial Times "Inspirational in the proper sense."— Guardian "A lovingly crafted narrative! a rich tapestry of first-hand anecdote and historical reconstruction."— Independent "Elegant … verges on the psychogeographical … The human stories behind the pipeline’s construction."— Literary Review "Opens the lid on the often-shady energy economy! weaving absorbing travel reportage into powerful investigative journalism."— Time Out Book of the Week "Seamlessly weaves an engaging personal story into the current geopolitics of oil aggression and the volatile recent history of the region."— Red Pepper "Part-travelogue! part-reportage! The Oil Road is a powerful … account of how a valuable natural resource can ruin the lives of ordinary people … This is no dry historiography."— Sunday Business Post "Beautifully written as well as formidably well-informed … A pleasure to read."—Neal Ascherson! Black Sea " The Oil Road is an inspiring act of political cartography. It makes chastisingly visible the means by which we blithely consume ‘the geology of elsewhere.’"—Robert Macfarlane! The Old Ways "Well researched and written with empathy! integrity and imagination. It is timely and much needed." Ahdaf Soueif! The Map of Love "This book is so masterful! so authortatively researched and so elegantly written! that it suceeds in distilling a complex and changing ‘Carbon Web’ of engineering companies! legal firms! and financiers! into an intimate and engaging personal story."—Suzi Gablik! Has Modernism Failed Informationen zum Autor James Marriot t is an artist, naturalist and activist, and co-author of The Next Gulf: London, Washington & the Oil Conflict in Nigeria . .Together with Mika Minio-Paluello, James is part of Platform (www.platformlondon.org), a London-based arts, human rights and environmental justice organisation that has pioneered diverse and far reaching responses to issues of international importance for more than 25 years. Based on core values of solidarity, creativity and democracy, Platform combines art, activism, education and research to achieve long-term systemic goals.As part of Platform, James Marriott has co-created a wide range of intiatives from the Delta micro-hydro engineering project to the opera And While London Burns . He lives in London. Mika Minio-Paluello provides research and campaigning support to communities resisting oil corporations. Currently based between London, Cairo and Oakland, Mika is a sailor, beekeeper, writer and tweets (@mikaminio) about power and resistance. Together with James Marriott, Mika is part of Platform (http://www.platformlondon.org), a London-based arts, human rights and environmental justice organisation that has pioneered diverse and far reaching responses to issues of international importance for more than 25 years. Based on core values of solidarity, creativity and democracy, Platform combines art, activism, education and research to achieve long-term systemic goals. Klappentext From Caspian drilling rigs and Caucasus mountain villages to Mediterranean fishing communities and European capitals, Marriott and Minio-Paluello blend travel writing and investigative journalism, charting a history of violent confrontation between geopolitics, profit and humanity. Zusammenfassung A journey along a controversial Central Asian pipeline becomes a profound exploration of the oil economy. ...
