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Derrick Hindery has followed the CuiabA pipeline for many years and many miles. Along the way he has excavated its complicated history and explored how the pipeline embodies the contradictions and chicaneries of Bolivian neoliberalism, as well as the tensions of Bolivian post-neoliberalism. This book brings together those years of work in a compelling 'must read' for scholars of Latin America, energy, and neoliberal governance. --Anthony Bebbington, editor of Social Conflict, Economic Development and Extractive Industry: Evidence from South America There are no other recent works on the rapid emergence of new forms of natural resource politics in Latin America, even though this is increasingly becoming a major of area of interest in fields like anthropology, political science, geography, economics, and environmental studies. --Bret Gustafson, author of New Languages of the State: Indigenous Resurgence and the Politics of Knowledge in Bolivia

With impassioned care, From Enron to Evo untangles the compromised connections between indigenous politics, state policies, and petro-capital in Bolivia over the past quarter-century plus. Taking the Cuiab� pipeline as an ethnographic puzzle, Hindery masterfully reveals the fragility and tenacity of extractive dreams, transnational alliances, and indigenous stances across neoliberal and post-neoliberal Bolivian landscapes. A must read for thinking through the paradoxes of energy extraction, indigenous identities, and environmentalisms in our global time. --Suzana Sawyer, author of Crude Chronicles and editor of The Politics of Resource Extraction Derrick Hindery has followed the Cuiab� pipeline for many years and many miles. Along the way he has excavated its complicated history and explored how the pipeline embodies the contradictions and chicaneries of Bolivian neoliberalism, as well as the tensions of Bolivian post-neoliberalism. This book brings together those years of work in a compelling 'must read' for scholars of Latin America, energy, and neoliberal governance. --Anthony Bebbington, editor of Social Conflict, Economic Development and Extractive Industry: Evidence from South America There are no other recent works on the rapid emergence of new forms of natural resource politics in Latin America, even though this is increasingly becoming a major of area of interest in fields like anthropology, political science, geography, economics, and environmental studies. --Bret Gustafson, author of New Languages of the State: Indigenous Resurgence and the Politics of Knowledge in Bolivia This volume will be useful for any reader wishing to see firsthand the effects of neoliberal policies and multilevel actors on environmental conditions and on indigenous livelihood. --CHOICE Reviews From Enron to Evo is a very accessible and important book, one that captures so much of what defines contemporary Latin America. It deserves a wide readership. --Hispanic American Historical Review From Enron to Evo is rich in detail. Much of the history and geography of this region has not gotten much attention in the English language. --Kathleen Schroeder, contributor to Latin America in the 21st Century: Challenges and Solutions

Derrick Hindery has followed the Cuiaba pipeline for many years and many miles. Along the way he has excavated its complicated history and explored how the pipeline embodies the contradictions and chicaneries of Bolivian neoliberalism, as well as the tensions of Bolivian post-neoliberalism. This book brings together those years of work in a compelling 'must read' for scholars of Latin America, energy, and neoliberal governance. --Anthony Bebbington, editor of Social Conflict, Economic Development and Extractive Industry: Evidence from South America There are no other recent works on the rapid emergence of new forms of natural resource politics in Latin America, even though this is increasingly becoming a major of area of interest in fields like anthropology, political science, geography, economics, and environmental studies. --Bret Gustafson, author of New Languages of the State: Indigenous Resurgence and the Politics of Knowledge in Bolivia

With impassioned care, From Enron to Evo untangles the compromised connections between indigenous politics, state policies, and petro-capital in Bolivia over the past quarter-century plus. Taking the Cuiab pipeline as an ethnographic puzzle, Hindery masterfully reveals the fragility and tenacity of extractive dreams, transnational alliances, and indigenous stances across neoliberal and post-neoliberal Bolivian landscapes. A must read for thinking through the paradoxes of energy extraction, indigenous identities, and environmentalisms in our global time. --Suzana Sawyer, author of Crude Chronicles and editor of The Politics of Resource Extraction Derrick Hindery has followed the Cuiab pipeline for many years and many miles. Along the way he has excavated its complicated history and explored how the pipeline embodies the contradictions and chicaneries of Bolivian neoliberalism, as well as the tensions of Bolivian post-neoliberalism. This book brings together those years of work in a compelling 'must read' for scholars of Latin America, energy, and neoliberal governance. --Anthony Bebbington, editor of Social Conflict, Economic Development and Extractive Industry: Evidence from South America There are no other recent works on the rapid emergence of new forms of natural resource politics in Latin America, even though this is increasingly becoming a major of area of interest in fields like anthropology, political science, geography, economics, and environmental studies. --Bret Gustafson, author of New Languages of the State: Indigenous Resurgence and the Politics of Knowledge in Bolivia This volume will be useful for any reader wishing to see firsthand the effects of neoliberal policies and multilevel actors on environmental conditions and on indigenous livelihood. --CHOICE Reviews From Enron to Evo is a very accessible and important book, one that captures so much of what defines contemporary Latin America. It deserves a wide readership. --Hispanic American Historical Review From Enron to Evo is rich in detail. Much of the history and geography of this region has not gotten much attention in the English language. --Kathleen Schroeder, contributor to Latin America in the 21st Century: Challenges and Solutions

With impassioned care, From Enron to Evo untangles the compromised connections between indigenous politics, state policies, and petro-capital in Bolivia over the past quarter-century plus. Taking the Cuiaba pipeline as an ethnographic puzzle, Hindery masterfully reveals the fragility and tenacity of extractive dreams, transnational alliances, and indigenous stances across neoliberal and post-neoliberal Bolivian landscapes. A must read for thinking through the paradoxes of energy extraction, indigenous identities, and environmentalisms in our global time. --Suzana Sawyer, author of Crude Chronicle s and editor of The Politics of Resource Extraction

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Derrick Hindery is an assistant professor of international studies and geography at the University of Oregon.

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