TY - BOOK AU - Tinker Salas, Miguel. TI - The enduring legacy: oil, culture, and society in Venezuela T2 - American encounters/global interactions SN - 9780822344001 (cloth : alk. paper) U1 - 306.3/420982 22 PY - 2009/// CY - Durham [NC] PB - Duke University Press KW - Petroleum industry and trade KW - Social aspects KW - Venezuela KW - Political aspects KW - Civilization KW - 20th century KW - Social conditions N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. [298]-315) and index; Introduction : oil, culture, and society -- A tropical Mediterranean : Lake Maracaibo at the turn of the century -- The search for black go ld -- La ruta petrolera : learning to live with oil -- Oil, race, labor , and nationalism -- Our tropical outpost : gender and the senior staff camps -- The oil industry and civil society -- Oil and politics : an e nduring relation -- Conclusion : an enduring legacy ER -