TY  - BOOK
AU  - Mukoyama, Naosuke
TI  - Fueling sovereignty: colonial oil and the creation of unlikely states
SN  - 9781009444293
U1  - 325.30904 
PY  - 2024///
CY  - New York
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Decolonization--Economic aspects
KW  - Sovereignty--Economic aspects
KW  - Narural resources
N2  - European colonialism was often driven by the pursuit of natural resources, and the resulting colonization and decolonization processes have had a profound impact on the formation of the majority of sovereign states that exist today. But how exactly have natural resources influenced the creation of formerly colonized states? And would the world map of sovereign states look significantly different if not for these resources? These questions are at the heart of Fueling Sovereignty, which focuses primarily on oil as the most significant natural resource of the modern era. Naosuke Mukoyama provides a compelling analysis of how colonial oil politics contributed to the creation of some of the world's most “unlikely” states. Drawing on extensive archival sources on Brunei, Qatar and Bahrain, he sheds light on how some small colonial entities achieved independence despite their inclusion in a merger project promoted by the metropole and regional powers.

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ER  -