Logging-While-Drilling Cement Evaluation, A Case Study from the North Slope Alaska

Using the Republic of North Macedonia as a case study, this article analyzes the processes through which national sports teams’ losing performance acquires a broad social and political significance. I explore claims to sporting victory as a direct product of political forces in countries located at the bottom of the global hierarchy that participate in a wider system of coercive rule, frequently referred to as empire. I also analyze how public celebrations of claimed sporting victories are intertwined with nation-building efforts, especially toward the global legitimization of a particular version of national history and heritage. The North Macedonia case provides a fruitful lens through which we can better understand unfolding sociopolitical developments, whereby imaginings of the global interlock with local interests and needs, in the Balkans and beyond.

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The transformative power of European technology in resource exploitation: reflections on the oil presses and railways of colonial Nigeria

Global Environment ◽

10.3197/ge.2020.130303 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 13 (3) ◽

pp. 555-582

Author(s):

Nkemjika Chimee

Keyword(s):

Technological Innovations ◽

Resource Exploitation ◽

Transformative Power ◽

The North ◽

Indigenous Production ◽

Impact Of Technology ◽

Transformative Impact ◽

North And South ◽

European Technology

Technological innovations, which in the nineteenth century were principally developed by European nations, were a crucial factor in transforming economies – not only those of the countries in which they originated, but also those of their colonies. This case study of Nigeria explores the way the British controlled the colony and subjugated the local people as a result of their superior technology. Upon taking over the territory, to aid the country's economic development, they began to construct railway lines to link major resource zones of the north and south. This facilitated the more efficient shipment of natural resources from these zones to the coastal ports for onward shipment to Britain. Indigenous production and the rendering of palm oil were transformed by the introduction of oil presses. The article examines the transformative impact of technology in resource exploitation, focusing specifically on railways and oil presses and their impact on Nigerian society.

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