In a unique journey from the oil fields of the Caspian Sea to the refineries and
financial centres of Northern Europe, James Marriott and Mika Minio-Paluello
track the concealed routes along which flows the lifeblood of our economy. The
stupendous resource of Azerbaijani crude has long inspired dreams of a world
remade. From the revolutionary Futurism of the capital city, Baku, in the 1920s
to the unblinking Capitalism of modern London, the drive to control the region's
oil reserves - and hence people and events - has shattered environments and
shaped societies.
In The Oil Road, the human scale of village life in the Caucasus Mountains