03350oam 2200553 450 991061731430332120220413024244.01-4780-1533-01-4780-2257-4(CKB)5100000000116954(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/929531310709557(BiblioVault)org.bibliovault.9781478092612(MiAaPQ)EBC30353060(Au-PeEL)EBL30353060(EXLCZ)99510000000011695420220413d2022 uy 0engurmn|---annantxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe small matter of suing Chevron /Suzana Sawyer1st ed.Durham :Duke University Press,2022.1 online resource (xv, 400 pages) illustrations, maps1-4780-1795-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.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."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."--Provided by publisher.PeasantsEcuadorSocial conditionsIndigenous peoplesEcuadorSocial conditionsEnvironmental racismPetroleum industry and tradeEnvironmental aspectsEcuadorPetroleum industry and tradeHealth aspectsEcuadorPeasantsSocial conditions.Indigenous peoplesSocial conditions.Environmental racism.Petroleum industry and tradeEnvironmental aspectsPetroleum industry and tradeHealth aspects345.86602450264SOC002010866HIS033000bisacshSawyer Suzana1961-1263287NDDNDDBOOK9910617314303321The Small Matter of Suing Chevron2960481UNINA