TY - BOOK AU - Omoweh A, Daniel TI - Shell Petroleum Development Company, the state and underdevelopment of Nigeria's Niger Delta: a study in environmental degradation / Daniel A. Omoweh SN - 0865439842 U1 - 363.738209669 OMO PY - 2005/// CY - London PB - Africa World Press KW - Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria -- History; Petroleum industry and trade N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. [273]-282) and index N2 - Contents: Methodological context -- Transnational corporations and underdevelopment of developing economies : a theoretical prospective -- Oil transnational corporations and capitalist development in Nigeria -- British rule and underdevelopment of the Niger Delta -- Shell Petroleum Development Company in the economy of the Niger Delta -- Shell, environmental degradation, and rural poverty in its host oil-producing areas in the Niger Delta -- Shell, environmental pollution, culture and health of the Ughelli oil communities -- Shell and rural land crisis in Isoko oil areas -- Conclusion : towards the development of the Niger Delta ER -