Acknowledgements xi

A Note on Names xii

Opening 1

I NATIONAL NARRATIVES

1. Amazonian Imaginaries 27

2. Crude Excesses 57

II. PETROLEUM POLITICS

3. Neoliberal Ironies 91

4. Corporate Antipolitics 118

III. RACED RELATITIES

5. Contested Terrain 149

6. Liberal Legal-Scapes 182

Closing: A Plurinational Space 211

Notes 225

Acronyms 251

Glossary 253

Bibliography 255

Index 277

“Crude Chronicles seamlessly weaves the compelling richness of an exceptional ethnographic account with the power of a story well told. By chronicling the history of the ongoing contest that has characterized the politics of petroleum in the Ecuadorian Amazon, Sawyer brilliantly illustrates the imbricated process by which indigenous and neoliberal geophraphies are configured and reconfigured in the process of making nature, nation, and citizens. Crude Chronicles will surely become a key reference point in future debates about the cultural politics of nature.”—Peter Brosius, University of Georgia — N/A

"Crude Chronicles is a splendid example of fine-grained ethnography. It illustrates in many ways why this approach continues to be the hallmark of anthropology. The best feature of the book is the lovingly detailed descriptions and close-to-the-ground analysis of dialogue and events. It will be mandatory reading for Latin Americanists interested in social movements, especially the indigenous and environmentalist movements, and of course, students of Ecuadorian politics.”—Jean E. Jackson, Massachusetts Institute of Technology — N/A

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