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04050aam a2200577 i 4500 001 09E08C60C48911EDAC2163E35EECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20230317010022 008 211018s2022 ncuab b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2021036600 020 $a 1478017953 020 $a 9781478017950 020 $a 1478015330 020 $a 9781478015338 035 $a (OCoLC)1260291470 040 $a NcD/DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d OCLCO $d UKMGB $d IMD $d NDD $d CBY $d GWL $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a s-ec--- 050 00 $a HD1531.E2 $b S29 2022 084 $a HIS033000 $a HIS033000 $2 bisacsh 100 1 $a Sawyer, Suzana, $d 1961- $e author. 245 14 $a The small matter of suing Chevron / $c Suzana Sawyer. 264 1 $a Durham : $b Duke University Press, $c 2022. 300 $a xv, 400 pages : $b illustrations, maps ; $c 23 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 365-388) and index. 505 0 $a Chemical agency : of hydrocarbons and toxicity -- Exposure's orbitals : of epidemiology and calculation -- Alchemical deals : of contracts and their seepage -- Radical inspections : of sensorium as toxic proposition -- Plurivalent rendering : of prehension becoming precaution -- Bonding veridictum : of corporate capacity and technique. 520 $a "The Small Matter of Suing Chevron tells the story of the infamously complex litigation revolving around the aftermath of Chevron's oil drilling in Ecuador's Lago Agrio area. Suzana Sawyer offers both an ethnographic account of the harms communities faced due to Chevron's dumping practices as well as a scientific analysis that reveals the unstable qualities of benzene, a known carcinogen found in gasoline. Sawyer provides a reformulation of chemical elements as "dynamic probabilities" instead of "definite stable substances," emphasizing that an element's behavior is contingent on its environment. Thus, she uses both literal and figurative interpretations of benzene and its properties as a way of discussing Chevron and the Lago Agrio region. The book's final section narrates and analyzes the court trials between Chevron and the nation of Ecuador. Ultimately, Sawyer highlights how business corporations, such as Chevron, claim to be morally superior agents while producing violent material consequences for communities and environments, and how these contradictions are exemplary of liberal democracy"-- $c Provided by publisher. 610 20 $a Chevron Corporation (2005) $x Trials, litigation, etc. 610 20 $a ChevronTexaco (Firm) $x Trials, litigation, etc. 610 27 $a Chevron Corporation (2005) $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01976697 610 27 $a ChevronTexaco (Firm) $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00772174 650 0 $a Trials (Offenses against the environment) $z Ecuador. 650 0 $a Peasants $z Ecuador $x Social conditions. 650 0 $a Indigenous peoples $z Ecuador $x Social conditions. 650 0 $a Environmental racism. 650 0 $a Petroleum industry and trade $x Environmental aspects $z Ecuador. 650 0 $a Petroleum industry and trade $x Health aspects $z Ecuador. 650 6 $a Paysannerie $z Equateur $x Conditions sociales. 650 7 $a SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a HISTORY / Latin America / South America. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a Environmental racism. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst02029694 650 7 $a Indigenous peoples $x Social conditions. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00970256 650 7 $a Peasants $x Social conditions. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01734428 650 7 $a Petroleum industry and trade $x Environmental aspects. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01059577 650 7 $a Petroleum industry and trade $x Health aspects. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01059605 650 7 $a Trials. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01156290 651 7 $a Ecuador. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01205578 776 08 $i Online version: $a Sawyer, Suzana, 1961- $t Small matter of suing Chevron. $d Durham : Duke University Press, 2022 $z 9781478022572 $w (DLC) 2021036601 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20230317011250.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=09E08C60C48911EDAC2163E35EECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search