Thesis
Oil, culture & economy: the reinvention of the Shetland way of life
- Abstract:
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Claims to historically-based identities and cultures have long been prevalent in Shetland, an island group bordering the North Sea and North Atlantic approximately 300 kilometres north of Aberdeen. In the early 1970s, however, oil and gas discoveries in the North Sea made Shetland an ideal location for oil infrastructure and ultimately the site of a major oil terminal and extensive oil-support and servicing activities. The prospect of such major developments, however, stirred fears regarding ...
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+ Barry, A
Division:
SSD
Department:
SOGE
Sub department:
Geography
Role:
Supervisor
Bibliographic Details
- Publication date:
- 2008
- Type of award:
- MLitt
- Level of award:
- Masters
- Awarding institution:
- Oxford University, UK
Item Description
- Language:
- English
- Keywords:
- Subjects:
- UUID:
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- Local pid:
- ora:10366
- Deposit date:
- 2015-03-03
Terms of use
- Copyright holder:
- Simchak, T
- Copyright date:
- 2008
- Notes:
- Parts of this thesis have been redacted for copyright reasons.
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