Unruly Labor A History of Oil in the Arabian Sea Pin Paolo Roversi

Paolo Roversi

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ISBN:‎ 9781780235974

Unruly Labor A History of Oil in the Arabian Sea Pin Paolo RoversiIn 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. Unruly Labor 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