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Gemma Jennings, « Contested Sovereignties: Oil, Labour and the Saharan Frontier, 1956-66 », Revue d'Histoire de l'Énergie, ID : 10670/1.d09494...
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Emerging in the midst of a painful war of independence and deeply intertwined with the contested claims to territorial and economic sovereignty, the Algerian oil industry, and its labour force, occupied a unique place at the forefront of the Algerian decolonisation process. This paper explores the history of this critical yet under-researched workforce, focusing on daily lives, professional cultures and activism on the Saharan oil towns. In the context of this bitterly disputed territory, this study illustrates how sovereignty claims and contestation were experienced and translated into lived experiences through the oil sector, arguing that oil workers had a critical role in shaping and mediating these claims.
