James Marriott

Mika Minio-Paluello

Members of the award-winning environmental social justice group PLATFORM travel along the route of British Petroleum's $4 billion pipeline, which runs from the Caspian Sea to the Mediterranean, revealing the reality behind this icon of globalization's gleaming façade.

The Oil Road: Travels from the Caspian to the City

From Caspian drilling rigs and Caucasus mountain villages to Mediterranean fishing communities and European capitals, this is a journey through the heart of our oil-obsessed society. Blending travel writing and investigative journalism, it charts a history of violent confrontation between geopolitics, profit and humanity. From the revolutionary futurism of 1920s Baku to the unblinking capitalism of modern London, this book reveals the relentless drive to control fossil fuels. Harrowing, powerful and insightful, The Oil Road maps the true cost of oil.

Mika Minio-Paluello

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