Oil on the Edge

Oil on the EdgeThe federal offshore oil leasing program has generated more than billion for the federal government, and the Outer Continental Shelf represents the greatest potential for oil and gas reserves remaining in the United States. But most U. S. coastal states oppose offshore development, and the battle resulting from these conflicting forces has raged through the last five presidential administrations and concurrent sessions of Congress. This book tells the

It was also a conspicuous signifier of wealth

its transformation by Romantics like Byron

In this deeply researched and wide-ranging intellectual history

community and the ethics of dialogue

began long before its most recent rise to prominence

from primary producers to end consumers

it challenges Anglophone misinterpretations of the region’s visual and cultural languages

Conceiving the Invisible

she tells the life stories of her fellow prisoners and decides in her heart which ones deserve a free ride to paradise

Using written and visual materials ranging from government archives to academic journals

Students and lecturers in British and colonial medical

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