On Lines and Fences: Labour, Community and Violence in an Oil City
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In December 1942, unrest broke out in Abadan, arguably Iran’s first modern industrial city and home to the world’s biggest oil refinery. Two scuffles in the bazaar provoked Iranians from the Ahmadabad neighbourhood to attack Indian labourers in the ‘Indian Lines’ of the Bahma(n)shir neighbourhood. Although not as bloody or widespread as more well-studied occurrences of unrest in Abadan, I will argue that this ‘Bahmashir Incident’ is an important case that can aid in understanding the interconnectedness of oil, space and violence.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Urban Violence in the Middle East : Changing Cityscapes in the Transition from Empire to Nation-State |
Editors | Ulrike Freitag, Nelida Fuccaro, Claudia Ghrawi, Nora Lafi |
Number of pages | 25 |
Place of Publication | New York |
Publisher | Berghahn Books |
Publication date | 1 Apr 2015 |
Pages | 197-221 |
Chapter | 9 |
ISBN (Print) | 9781782385837 |
Publication status | Published - 1 Apr 2015 |
Series | Space and place |
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Volume | 14 |
- Faculty of Humanities - Oil, Petroleum, ENERGY, Violence, Urban, Urban Disturbances, Urban Planning, Urban Sociology, Urban history, HISTORY, World War II, Minorities, Ethnicity, Labour, Labor, Oil industry, Imperialism, Colonialism, Urban violence
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