LEADER 03350oam 2200553 450 001 9910617314303321 005 20220413024244.0 010 $a1-4780-1533-0 010 $a1-4780-2257-4 035 $a(CKB)5100000000116954 035 $a(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/92953 035 $a1310709557 035 $a(BiblioVault)org.bibliovault.9781478092612 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC30353060 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL30353060 035 $a(EXLCZ)995100000000116954 100 $a20220413d2022 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurmn|---annan 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe small matter of suing Chevron /$fSuzana Sawyer 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aDurham :$cDuke University Press,$d2022. 215 $a1 online resource (xv, 400 pages) $cillustrations, maps 311 $a1-4780-1795-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aChemical 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. 330 $a"The Small Matter of Suing Chevron tells the story of the infamously complex litigation revolving around the aftermath of Chevron's oil drilling in Ecuador's Lago Agrio area. Suzana Sawyer offers both an ethnographic account of the harms communities faced due to Chevron's dumping practices as well as a scientific analysis that reveals the unstable qualities of benzene, a known carcinogen found in gasoline. Sawyer provides a reformulation of chemical elements as "dynamic probabilities" instead of "definite stable substances," emphasizing that an element's behavior is contingent on its environment. Thus, she uses both literal and figurative interpretations of benzene and its properties as a way of discussing Chevron and the Lago Agrio region. The book's final section narrates and analyzes the court trials between Chevron and the nation of Ecuador. Ultimately, Sawyer highlights how business corporations, such as Chevron, claim to be morally superior agents while producing violent material consequences for communities and environments, and how these contradictions are exemplary of liberal democracy."--$cProvided by publisher. 606 $aPeasants$zEcuador$xSocial conditions 606 $aIndigenous peoples$zEcuador$xSocial conditions 606 $aEnvironmental racism 606 $aPetroleum industry and trade$xEnvironmental aspects$zEcuador 606 $aPetroleum industry and trade$xHealth aspects$zEcuador 615 0$aPeasants$xSocial conditions. 615 0$aIndigenous peoples$xSocial conditions. 615 0$aEnvironmental racism. 615 0$aPetroleum industry and trade$xEnvironmental aspects 615 0$aPetroleum industry and trade$xHealth aspects 676 $a345.86602450264 686 $aSOC002010866$aHIS033000$2bisacsh 700 $aSawyer$b Suzana$f1961-$01263287 801 0$bNDD 801 1$bNDD 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910617314303321 996 $aThe Small Matter of Suing Chevron$92960481 997 $aUNINA