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Contents Acknowledgments ix 1 “Local Communities Are No Match for Industrial Corporations” 1 2 Oil Town 11 3 Rust Belt 37 4 Resistance 73 5 Scorched Earth 101 6 “It Was Like a Death—to the Town” 143 7 “Whether We’re for BP or against BP, We All Sound Conspiratorial” 167 8 Victory 208 Epilogue: “Nobody Was Defending Us Except Ourselves” 241 Notes 251 Selected Bibliography 287 Index 293 ...

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