UNTAPPED: THE SCRAMBLE FOR AFRICA’S OIL
Book ID/图书代码： 00500006B07016
English Summary/英文概要： Oil companies long knew there was oil in Africa, but until now extracting it hadn’t seemed worth it. Given advances in technology and the skyrocketing cost of Middle Eastern crude oil, however, Africa has been quietly transformed in policy-making circles from an insignificant backwater into a potential black-gold goldmine. In fact, if you believe the more zealous among the growing army of lobbyists and lawmakers, it may soon "replace the Middle East.” Journalist John Ghazvinian traveled through twelve African countries--from Sudan to Congo to Angola, and just about everywhere in between--talking to politicians and warlords, oil-company executives and crude-oil bandits, activists, priests, cab drivers, soldiers, missionaries, oil-rig workers, scientists, bankers, and even a few children and muttering old men. The result is a hard-hitting narrative and historical investigation of the challenges, obstacles, reasons for hope, and reasons for despair connected to the scramble for oil in Africa.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 石油公司长久以来就知道非洲有石油，直到现在开采石油似乎价值不大。鉴于技术的进步和中东原油的疯涨， 在决策圈和议员眼中非洲已从一个次要的闭塞地区悄悄变为一个潜力巨大的黑金矿。事实上， 如果你相信人数日众的游说人士和议员的热情的话， 非洲也许很快会取代中东。新闻记者JOHN GHAZVINIAN，他的足迹遍布了非洲的12个国家——从苏丹到刚果再到安哥拉——他与各种人交谈，有政客、军阀、石油公司的总裁、原油强盗、激进主义分子、牧师、出租车司机、士兵、传教士、石油钻塔上的工人们、科学家和银行家，甚至是与小孩和老人交谈。结果是一个有力的叙述， 也是挑战， 障碍，与争抢非洲石油相关的希望和绝望的理性的历史调查。
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About the Author/作者介绍： Born in Iran and raised in London and Los Angeles, John Ghazvinian has a BA from Brown University and a doctorate in history from Oxford University. He speaks at universities and scholarly institutes in Britain and America, and will hold the Andrew W. Mellon Post-Doctoral Fellowship in the Humanities, at the Penn Humanities Forum, in 2006-7.He has written and reported for such publications as Newsweek, The Nation, The Sunday Times (London), and Timeout New York, and has appeared as a guest on NPR’s Radio Nation. He lives in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
John Ghazvinian 生于伊朗，长在伦敦和洛杉矶。他有布朗大学的学士学位并且在牛津大学有一个历史学位的博士头衔。他在英美的大学和学术机构进行演讲，并在06年7月的宾夕法尼亚人文学科论坛上荣获了人文学科的安德鲁•梅隆博士后奖学金。他给一些像是《新闻周刊》，《THE NATION》，《星期日泰晤士报》（伦敦），《闲暇纽约》这样的媒体撰写文章，而且他还在NPR’s RADIO NATION中担任嘉宾。他住在费城。
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