Crude Britannia

Terry Macalister, James Marriott

Description

'Dripping with delicious detail' - Aditya Chakrabortty

Taking the reader on a journey through North East Scotland, Merseyside, South Wales, the Thames Estuary and London, this is the story of Britain’s oil-soaked past, present and future. Travelling the country, the authors discover how the financial power and political muscle of an industry built the culture of a nation from pop music to kitchen appliances, and how companies constructed an empire, extracting the wealth of the world from Iran to Nigeria and Alaska.



Today, the tide seems to be going out – Britain’s refineries have been quietly closed, the North Sea oilfields are declining and wind farms are being built in their place. As the country painfully shifts into its new post-industrial role in the shadow of Covid, Brexit and the climate crisis, many believe the age of oil to be over. But is it?



Speaking to oil company executives and traders, as well as refinery workers, filmmakers and musicians, activists and politicians, the authors put real people at the heart of a compelling story.

List of Maps and Table

List of Tracks

Prologue: The Last Living Rose

PART I: 1940–1979

1. The Whole World Was Aflame

روشنايي آسمانها .2 : The Brightness of the Heavens

3. Baby, You Can Drive My Car

4. Dirt Behind the Daydream

5. Only One Road to Paradise

PART II: 1979–2008

6. And If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next

7. Tuireadh: Lament

8. Suude ne gbo gima de: The Eye of the Blind

9. Local Hero

10. Stanlow

PART III: 2008–2020

11. This Bitter Earth

12. Rough Trade

13. Nexus of Outrage

14. Heading for Extinction

Epilogue: The Commonwealth of Wind

Notes

Selected Bibliography

Acknowledgements

Index

Sujets

• Social Aspects
• Social History
• Climate Change
• Industries
• HISTORY
• Histoire
• Calentamiento global
• Puerto Talbot
• Reino Unido
• Age of Oil
• Global warming
• Oil
• Philip Watts
• Northern Scotland
• Material culture
• Travel writing
• South Wales
• History of the British Isles
• North East Scotland
• Wilko Johnson
• General officer
• River Thames
• United Kingdom
• Renewable energy
• Petroleum
• Energy
• Deepwater Horizon
• Port Talbot
• Great Britain
• Énergie
• General
• Merseyside
• Shell
• Liverpool
• BP (entreprise)
• London
• Industrie
• Royaume-Uni
• Europe

Informations

• Publié par: Pluto Press
• Date de parution: 20 mai 2021
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781786806383
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 10 Mo

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Cûé Bîàîà

‘A û éààé ôô ô éé ŝçôàŝî à éà éôqûéçé. Té àûôŝ ôé à ûîqûé îŝî îô Bîàî’ŝ ôé à ééîéçéŝ î à ôî-àîçé ô. Téî ôô îŝ ô é ûà à àôŝ ûà çîîçà î îŝ ôàà ô é ôîç éàç ô “çàôîéôûŝ çàîàîŝ” ô ûûé ééàîôŝ.’ —Héé Gîàé, ééçûîé çôîéé éé, Cû ô Rôé

‘A îî, çôéî à é ûà àççôû ô ô î ôî àŝ îîàé ôû îéŝ, é éôé î’ŝ éîçé à ôŝé î’ŝ ààôé, à é çôîé ô ôŝé ééîé ô ŝéé îŝ é.’ —Càôîé Lûçàŝ MP

‘Sûé îûŝàéŝ ô é UK’ŝ ôîç éàîôŝî î ôî àŝ éîé ôû ôîîçŝ, ôû îéŝ, à ôû çûûé. A éôŝŝî éà.’ —Jô Kî, Gà ô Fôû

‘Té àûôŝ àé àé à ŝûjéç ôé îé àî éàé à ûé î îô é ŝû ô ôû îéŝ. I à ôô îî î éîçîôûŝ éàî, é ŝô ô ôî àéçŝ ŝô ûç ô ôà’ŝ Bîàî.’ —Aîà Cààô, Séîô Eçôôîçŝ Côéàô,Guardian

‘Téŝ ôû à ôû éé ô ô àôû ôî’ŝ à î é îûŝîàîŝàîô à éîûŝîàîŝàîô ô Bîàî  ô îéŝ éé ûî, ô é éé éŝôé à ô é ô éé ô ûé ûî à éé, jûŝ à ŝûŝàîàé éçôô.’ —Rééççà Lô-Bàîé MP

‘A çôéî éà ô ôŝ-à Bîàî’ŝ îçôéîé îŝôîéŝ  é àîûà- îô, çôôàé ŝàŝ à à, à é ôô à ûŝ ô à ôî éçôô. Pîçî ôé é îé àéà, Màîô à Màçàîŝé àé ô é ôéŝ ô ŝéû, àçàéôôîŝ, à îéŝŝ ô é à ŝô ô ôî, ôé à ôîîçŝ îç çàé îîôŝ ô éôé’ŝ îéŝ.’ —Màééîé Bûî, îé

‘A àéôûŝ îç àççôû ô ô é ôî îûŝ àŝ çôé ô ŝàé çôé- ôà Bîàî, à ô, àŝ ô à à ô îéàîôà îàçé, î çôîûéŝ ô îûéçé ôéé ôîç à ôîç àéŝ éé àŝ îŝ ûûé ôôŝ îçéàŝ- î ûçéàî.’ —Dàî Bééà, Eéîûŝ Pôéŝŝô ô Pôîîçŝ, Lééŝ Uîéŝî

‘A ôîà à ôéû çàé jôûé à çôéçŝ é ôî îûŝîéŝ à ôà çàîàîŝ î ôçà ŝôîéŝ, çàî é éàé é ôàŝ ôî é çôé ô é ô à é îé î à é à îé ŝôîéŝ à éŝ à àé ôû ûŝ ô îŝ ôé. Té àûôŝ àé ôûû à çôŝçîéîôûŝ ŝôééŝ ûîî ûŝ ôû îŝ jôûé.’ —Fàzàà Kà, îé à Eéçûîé Dîéçô ô Héàî Jûŝîçé Lôô

‘A îî à ééàî ôàî ô ô ôî àŝ ŝàé Bîîŝ ŝôçîé. Tôû à àéîôŝçôé ô ééŝ à àçéŝ, Màîô à Màçàîŝé îôûçé ûŝ ô ŝôé ô é àŝçàéŝ à çôàîéŝ à çéàé Bîîŝ “éô-çûûé” à é éôé ô çàéî î. Tô î àŝŝîô à î,Crude Britannia îŝ à îîà ôîîà àççôû ô ôî’ŝ àŝî àîôà îî. A à ôé ô àŝôàîô, î é ôî ŝéçô àûà à îŝ ôŝ éçàîôûŝ ô ŝôé îé, î ŝôŝ ô é ô éé à ô çàé à çôé.’ —Pôéŝŝô Gàî Bîé, Dûà Uîéŝî

‘Aŝ à ôé ôî éôôîŝ ô ôé ôŝôé ûî é éà ô é Nô Séà ôî ôô, I àŝ àŝôé àç ô ôŝé îéŝ. Tîŝ ôô éàûîû çàûéŝ é ôô à ŝîî ô é îé, à î à ôéŝîç àôàç î ûàéŝ é àîôûŝ ôîîçà à îàçîà ééŝ à ôô àçé ééé é UK ôéé à é ôî çôàîéŝ.’ —Tî Fàîŝ (ôé ôî éôôîŝ), BSç MSç CGéô FGS

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Eé éô àŝ éé àé ô àçé çôî ôéŝ à ô ôàî éî é- îŝŝîô ô é ûŝé ô çôî àéîà î îŝ ôô. Té ûîŝé àôôîŝéŝ ô à éôŝ ô ôîŝŝîôŝ î îŝ éŝéç à ôû é àéû î ôîîé ô à çôéçîôŝ à ŝôû é îçôôàé î ûûé éîŝ ô éîîôŝ.

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Té é ééàîô

‘Iŝ î ô à îô à ôŝé ô îé ô ô ô éà ŝôû é é ôôéŝ éôé î é àîô?’ Sà Bàîô Bàô, ŝçôô éàçé î Tàààà, Oôî, Nîéîà

‘Rééé . . . î ààŝ àéŝ îŝ ô éçôŝ.’ Bored Stiffàzîé

‘Té ûûé îŝ àéà éé, î îŝ jûŝ à î îŝ ô é éé îŝîûé.’ Wîîà Gîŝô, ôéîŝ

List of Maps and Table List of Tracks

Contents

Pôôûé: Té Làŝ Lîî Rôŝé

PART I: –

 1 Té Wôé Wô Wàŝ Aàé  2اـــــــــــــــــــــاـ اـــور: Té Bîéŝŝ ô é Héàéŝ  3 Bà, Yôû Cà Dîé M Cà  4 Dî Béî é Dàéà  5 O Oé Rôà ô Pààîŝé

PART II: –

 6 A I Yôû Tôéàé Tîŝ Yôû Cîé Wî Bé Né  7 Tûîéà: Làé  8 Sûûé é ô îà é: Té Eé ô é Bî  9 Lôçà Héô 10 Sàô

PART III: –

11 Tîŝ Bîé Eà 12 Rôû Tàé 13 Néûŝ ô Oûàé 14 Héàî ô Eîçîô Eîôûé: Té Côôéà ô Wî

Notes Selected Bibliography Acknowledgements Index

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Maps and Table

Maps Méŝéŝîé Té Tàéŝ Eŝûà Té Séé Eŝûà Té Déé à Fô Eŝûàîéŝ Oî îôŝ ô Bîàî Nô Séà ôî à àŝ Bîàî’ŝ ôî à àŝ Bîàî’ŝ î

Table Bîàî’ŝ Oî & Gàŝ Iûŝ ôéî à çôŝî

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‘Té Làŝ Lîî Rôŝé’  PJ Hàé ‘Dîé Mûŝçé Vô Mààé’  Kû Wéî ‘Môôî’  Vîûé ‘Bà Né Càîàç’  Vîçé Tàô ‘Dîé M Cà’  Té Béàéŝ ‘Aàŝ Oî Wéàô’  Bû Wàîé ‘Eé’  Gà ô Fôû ‘Pààîŝé’  Wîô Jôŝô ‘I Yôû Tôéàé Tîŝ Yôû Cîé Wî Bé Né’  Màîç Séé Péàçéŝ ‘Tûîéà’  Jàéŝ MàçMîà ‘Té Sà ô é Môî’, é àîŝé ŝô ô Ké Sàô-Wîà ‘Gôî Hôé’  Dîé Sàîŝ ‘Sàô’  Oçéŝà Màôéûéŝ î é Dà ‘Tîŝ Bîé Eà’  Cé Oîŝ ‘ Déééŝ’  Aôî ‘Déîé Uŝ’  Sôô

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