Nationalising oil and knowledge in Iran : labour, decolonisation and colonial modernity, 1933-51 /

"Iran's nationalisation of oil in 1951 was a key catalyst for the rise of resource nationalism as an animating force of global decolonisation, expelling the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company (AIOC, now known as BP) after nearly fifty years of domination in southwest Iran. Nationalising Oil & K...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Biglari, Mattin (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2025]
Series:	Edinburgh historical studies of Iran and the Persian world.
Subjects:	Petroleum industry and trade > Iran > 20th century. Petroleum reserves > Government ownership > Iran. Iran > Foreign relations > Great Britain. Great Britain > Foreign relations > Iran. Pétrole > Industrie et commerce > Iran > 20e siècle. Pétrole > Réserves > Nationalisations > Iran. Iran > Relations extérieures > Grande-Bretagne. Grande-Bretagne > Relations extérieures > Iran. HISTORY / Middle East / Iran.

Table of Contents:

List of figures
Acknowledgements
Introduction: the coloniality of oil and knowledge in Iran
Refining knowledge: building the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company and the Abadan refinery
The city of oil: social reproduction, infrastructure and anti-colonial resistance in Abadan
The 'character' of engineering: training, subjectivity and knowledge production in the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company
The city of science: labour, epistemic struggle and everyday politics in the Abadan refinery, 1946-1951
Expertise, resource nationalism and the paradoxes of oil nationalisation in Iran
Nationalisation from below: the 1951 General Strike
Epilogue: Nationalised oil and the paradoxes of decolonisation
Bibliography
Index.