{"product_id":"life-in-oil-michael-l-cepek-9781477315088","title":"Life in Oil: Cof疣 Survival in the Petroleum Fields of Amazonia","description":"\u003cp\u003eOil is one of the world's most important commodities, but few people know how its extraction affects the residents of petroleum-producing regions. In the 1960s, the Texaco corporation discovered crude in the territory of Ecuador's indigenous Cof疣 nation. Within a decade, Ecuador had become a member of OPEC, and the Cof疣 watched as their forests fell, their rivers ran black, and their bodies succumbed to new illnesses. In 1993, they became plaintiffs in a multibillion-dollar lawsuit that aims to compensate them for the losses they have suffered. Yet even in the midst of a tragic toxic disaster, the Cof疣 have refused to be destroyed. While seeking reparations for oil's assault on their lives, they remain committed to the survival of their language, culture, and rainforest homeland.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLife in Oil\u003c\/i\u003e presents the compelling, nuanced story of how the Cof疣 manage to endure at the center of Ecuadorian petroleum extraction. Michael L. Cepek has lived and worked with Cof疣 people for more than twenty years. In this highly accessible book, he goes well beyond popular and academic accounts of their suffering to share the largely unknown stories that Cof疣 people themselves create--the ones they tell in their own language, in their own communities, and to one another and the few outsiders they know and trust. Their words reveal that life in oil is a form of slow, confusing violence for some of the earth's most marginalized, yet resilient, inhabitants.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michael L. Cepek\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 147731508X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781477315088\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Texas Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/02\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 302\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.90d","brand":"Michael L. Cepek","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43992061313279,"sku":"9781477315088","price":32.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d2ed883c-792c-4939-8c96-2eda24e7ed5c.jpg?v=1683313826","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/life-in-oil-michael-l-cepek-9781477315088","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}