Why read Oil Sparks in the Amazon?

Book cover of Oil Sparks in the Amazon: Local Conflicts, Indigenous Populations, and Natural Resources

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For decades, studies of oil-related conflicts have focused on the effects of natural resource mismanagement, resulting in great economic booms and busts or violence as rebels fight ruling governments over their regions' hydrocarbon resources. In Oil Sparks in the Amazon, Patricia I. Vasquez writes that while oil busts and civil…

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1 author picked Oil Sparks in the Amazon as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Bruce E. Johansen

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This book has worthwhile attributes, such as clear writing on the nature of uranium poisoning and its history, personal interviews, and vital coverage of local peoples’ reactions to damage done to their lands and their families, as well as their homelands by profit-mined mining companies.

Vasquez’s coverage centers on the Amazon with a focus on several extractive industries. This book stands alone in its coverage of resource extraction issues in the Amazon Valley because this area has so many other important issues to cover.

From Bruce's list on Native Americans and lethal uranium mining.