Oil, life, and the fetishism of geopolitics

Capitalism, Nature, Socialism

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 32-48

  Huber, Matthew T ^a  

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CAPITALISM; GEOPOLITICS; OIL TRADE; POLITICAL THEORY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 80052550733     PISSN: 10455752     EISSN: 15483290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10455752.2011.593883     Document Type: Article

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