{"product_id":"unruly-labor-a-history-of-oil-in-the-arabian-sea-hardback-9781503632578","title":"Unruly Labor; A History of Oil in the Arabian Sea (Hardback) 9781503632578","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eUnruly Labor\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA History of Oil in the Arabian Sea\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAndrea Wright (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781503632578\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 22 October 2024\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e312 pages, 2 halftones, 4 maps\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2 cm, 0.52 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eUnruly Labor\u003c\/i\u003e offers a highly original, meticulously researched account of the lifeworlds of oil workers across South Asia, Iran, and the Arabian Peninsula. Andrea Wright illuminates labor as a crucial force that shaped twentieth-century notions of nationalism, class, and social justice.\"\u003cbr\u003e  —Peyman Jafari, William \u0026amp; Mary \"This is a beautifully written and fascinating account of labor action, solidarity, as well as fragmentation. Reading archival sources with an ethnographer's eye, Andrea Wright brings to life the connections and struggles of managers, officials, and workers that shaped the social worlds and hierarchies of the oil industry.\"\u003cbr\u003e  —Mandana Limbert, CUNY Graduate Center \"\u003ci\u003eUnruly Labor\u003c\/i\u003e shifts our scales of analysis of oil production, and changes how we think about empire, labor, and state-building in the Arabian Peninsula. Rich in narrative detail, it provides much-needed historical context to our understanding of the political economy of oil and makes a valuable contribution to discussions of contemporary labor regimes.\" \u003cbr\u003e  —Farah Al-Nakib, Cal Poly \"Wright not only offers readers a window into the working conditions of the laborers recruited into the oil industry but also examines how workers fought back to improve those conditions.... Highly recommended.\"—M. F. Cairo, \u003ci\u003eCHOICE\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the mid-twentieth century, the Arabian Peninsula emerged as a key site of oil production. International companies recruited workers from across the Middle East and Asia to staff their expanding oil projects. \u003ci\u003eUnruly Labor\u003c\/i\u003e considers the working conditions, hiring practices, and, most important, worker actions and strikes at these oil projects. It illuminates the multiple ways workers built transnational solidarities to agitate for better working conditions, and how worker actions informed shifting understandings of rights, citizenship, and national security.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAndrea Wright highlights the increasing associations between oil, governance, and racialized management practices to map how labor was increasingly depoliticized. From the 1940s to 1971, a period that includes the end of formal British imperialism in the Arabian Sea and the development of new state governments, citizenship became both an avenue for workers to advocate for their rights and, simultaneously, a way to limit other solidarities. Examining the interests of workers, government officials, and oil company managers alike, Wright offers a new history of Middle Eastern oil and twentieth-century capitalism—a history that illuminates how labor management and national security concerns have shaped state governance and economic policy priorities.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e  List of Oil Companies and Major Contractors\u003cbr\u003e  Introduction: Producing Labor Hierarchies\u003cbr\u003e  1. Building Solidarities\u003cbr\u003e  2. Contesting Sovereignty\u003cbr\u003e  3. Advocating for Rights\u003cbr\u003e  4. Shaping Nationalism Outside of the Nation-State\u003cbr\u003e  5. Writing Labor Laws\u003cbr\u003e  6. Curtailing Cooperation\u003cbr\u003e  7. Securing Oil Projects\u003cbr\u003e  Conclusion: Depoliticizing Labor\u003cbr\u003e  Notes\u003cbr\u003e  Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e  Index\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Stanford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52610680258840,"sku":"9781503632578","price":66.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/unruly-labor-a-history-of-oil-in-the-arabian-sea-hardback-9781503632578","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}