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Finding oil for the developing world: Maurice Strong, the environment, and the International Energy Development Corporation (IEDC), 1979 – 1983
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Odinn Melsted
Odinn Melsted is Assistant Professor of History at Maastricht University, The Netherlands.
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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- Contents 5
- Introduction 1
- How good or bad is global development and when will we know it? Some thoughts on complex assessments 19
- “Fallacies of misplaced concreteness”? History in post-war environmental arguments 47
- A mixed blessing? Phosphate mining, development, and the discourse of Nauruan wealth 73
- Initial failure, late success? Short-term and long-term effects of Nehruvian development policy 93
- A Gateway of Development: San Pedro’s New Port project and continuing histories of Development in South-West Côte d’Ivoire 115
- Narratives of global fat: Aarhus Oliefabrik and United Plantations Company 139
- Ambivalent development: FELDA and the politics of smallholder welfare 159
- Peacekeeping dilemmas and contested realities: The unraveling of MINUSMA amidst a perception crisis 183
- Contesting tales and traditions: Two case studies of development ideals in Brazil (1940 – 1950) 207
- The perils of abundance: The unintended consequences of plentiful food in the modern United States 227
- Finding oil for the developing world: Maurice Strong, the environment, and the International Energy Development Corporation (IEDC), 1979 – 1983 249
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- Contents 5
- Introduction 1
- How good or bad is global development and when will we know it? Some thoughts on complex assessments 19
- “Fallacies of misplaced concreteness”? History in post-war environmental arguments 47
- A mixed blessing? Phosphate mining, development, and the discourse of Nauruan wealth 73
- Initial failure, late success? Short-term and long-term effects of Nehruvian development policy 93
- A Gateway of Development: San Pedro’s New Port project and continuing histories of Development in South-West Côte d’Ivoire 115
- Narratives of global fat: Aarhus Oliefabrik and United Plantations Company 139
- Ambivalent development: FELDA and the politics of smallholder welfare 159
- Peacekeeping dilemmas and contested realities: The unraveling of MINUSMA amidst a perception crisis 183
- Contesting tales and traditions: Two case studies of development ideals in Brazil (1940 – 1950) 207
- The perils of abundance: The unintended consequences of plentiful food in the modern United States 227
- Finding oil for the developing world: Maurice Strong, the environment, and the International Energy Development Corporation (IEDC), 1979 – 1983 249
