Salvaging empire : sovereignty, natural resources, and environmental science in the South Atlantic /

"Drawing on ethnographic and historical field research in the Falklands, Argentina and the UK, this book argues that by claiming self-determination and consenting to British sovereignty, the Falkland Islanders have crafted a settler colonial protectorate to extract resources and extend empire i...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Blair, James J. A., 1984- (Author)
Format: Licensed eBooks
Language:English
Published: Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, 2023.
Online Access:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7591/j.ctv2zmkbzx
Table of Contents:
  • Settler safe zone or colonial staging ground?
  • Company islands
  • Imperial diaspora
  • Does the sea lion roar?
  • Grounding offshore oil
  • The geopolitics of marine ecology
  • Colonizing with natives.