Oil, Labour and Empire: Abadan in WWII Occupied Iran
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Oil, Labour and Empire : Abadan in WWII Occupied Iran. / Elling, Rasmus Christian; Abdul Razak, Rowena.
I: British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies, Bind 50, Nr. 1, 2023, s. 142-159.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Oil, Labour and Empire
T2 - Abadan in WWII Occupied Iran
AU - Elling, Rasmus Christian
AU - Abdul Razak, Rowena
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - By uncovering and scrutinizing the politics of labour during the Second World War in the world’s biggest oil refinery – located in the city of Abadan in Iran’s southwestern province of Khuzistan – this article aims to strengthen our understanding of the Second World War in the Middle East generally and our understanding of the role of oil company power in Iran specifically. By analysing changes in and around the urban oil industry complex at Abadan, the present article will thus provide new insights into British imperial strategy in the context of the 1941–1946 British–Soviet occupation of Iran. We argue that the Anglo–Iranian Oil Company, in partial concert with British state and military actors and institutions, managed to turn threats and challenges arising from the war into opportunities for expanding power and experimenting with a new security regime that was designed to curb rising socialist and anti-colonial nationalist activism. This overlapping history of the Second World War, oil, labour and empire, then, is not only key to a fuller understanding of Iran, the Middle East and the world on the cusp of the Cold War but can also contribute to the historical analysis of energy imperialism.
AB - By uncovering and scrutinizing the politics of labour during the Second World War in the world’s biggest oil refinery – located in the city of Abadan in Iran’s southwestern province of Khuzistan – this article aims to strengthen our understanding of the Second World War in the Middle East generally and our understanding of the role of oil company power in Iran specifically. By analysing changes in and around the urban oil industry complex at Abadan, the present article will thus provide new insights into British imperial strategy in the context of the 1941–1946 British–Soviet occupation of Iran. We argue that the Anglo–Iranian Oil Company, in partial concert with British state and military actors and institutions, managed to turn threats and challenges arising from the war into opportunities for expanding power and experimenting with a new security regime that was designed to curb rising socialist and anti-colonial nationalist activism. This overlapping history of the Second World War, oil, labour and empire, then, is not only key to a fuller understanding of Iran, the Middle East and the world on the cusp of the Cold War but can also contribute to the historical analysis of energy imperialism.
KW - Faculty of Humanities
KW - Historie
KW - Iran
KW - Mellemøsten
KW - Olie
KW - Imperialisme
KW - 2. Verdenskrig
KW - Storbritannien
KW - Arbejderbevægelsen
KW - Arbejderhistorie
KW - Byhistorie
U2 - 10.1080/13530194.2021.1938971
DO - 10.1080/13530194.2021.1938971
M3 - Journal article
VL - 50
SP - 142
EP - 159
JO - British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies
JF - British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies
SN - 1353-0194
IS - 1
ER -
ID: 235072245