Svenja Schöneich is a research associate at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP) in Berlin.

“Living on a Time Bomb is a thoroughly argued and ethnographically rich case study of a rural Mexican community. It develops a theoretically-compelling concept—the oilscape—and demonstrates how the analysis can help us to understand landscapes of extraction.” • Sam Holley-Kline, Florida State University

• List of IllustrationsAcknowledgementsIntroduction: Entering the OilscapeChapter 1. Theorizing Oil: A Conceptualization of the OilscapeChapter 2. A Mexican Oil Story – historic Background and contemporary SettingChapter 3. From Booms, Declines and Time Bombs - Temporalities of Oil in Emiliano ZapataChapter 4. From an Ejido to an Extraction Site – Materialities of Oil in Emiliano ZapataChapter 5. Dealing with the Dragon – Social Dynamics and Ambiguity in Emiliano ZapataConclusion and DiscussionReferencesIndex

Svenja Schöneich is a research associate at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP) in Berlin.

“Living on a Time Bomb is a thoroughly argued and ethnographically rich case study of a rural Mexican community. It develops a theoretically-compelling concept—the oilscape—and demonstrates how the analysis can help us to understand landscapes of extraction.” • Sam Holley-Kline, Florida State University

• List of IllustrationsAcknowledgementsIntroduction: Entering the OilscapeChapter 1. Theorizing Oil: A Conceptualization of the OilscapeChapter 2. A Mexican Oil Story – historic Background and contemporary SettingChapter 3. From Booms, Declines and Time Bombs - Temporalities of Oil in Emiliano ZapataChapter 4. From an Ejido to an Extraction Site – Materialities of Oil in Emiliano ZapataChapter 5. Dealing with the Dragon – Social Dynamics and Ambiguity in Emiliano ZapataConclusion and DiscussionReferencesIndex

Svenja Schöneich is a research associate at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP) in Berlin.

“Living on a Time Bomb is a thoroughly argued and ethnographically rich case study of a rural Mexican community. It develops a theoretically-compelling concept—the oilscape—and demonstrates how the analysis can help us to understand landscapes of extraction.” • Sam Holley-Kline, Florida State University

• List of IllustrationsAcknowledgementsIntroduction: Entering the OilscapeChapter 1. Theorizing Oil: A Conceptualization of the OilscapeChapter 2. A Mexican Oil Story – historic Background and contemporary SettingChapter 3. From Booms, Declines and Time Bombs - Temporalities of Oil in Emiliano ZapataChapter 4. From an Ejido to an Extraction Site – Materialities of Oil in Emiliano ZapataChapter 5. Dealing with the Dragon – Social Dynamics and Ambiguity in Emiliano ZapataConclusion and DiscussionReferencesIndex