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Business & Economics Natural Resource Extraction

A Place in the Sun

Shetland and Oil--Myths and Realities

by (author) Jonathan Wills

Publisher
ISER Books
Initial publish date
Jan 1991
Category
Natural Resource Extraction
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9780919666696
    Publish Date
    Jan 1991
    List Price
    $31.95

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Description

So what happens to 17,000 people and 550 square miles of islands when they become the centre of attention for the media, big business and the government?

Here is one man's interpretation of events in Shetland during the past 15 years, based on experience as a crofter, boatman, journalist, editor, broadcaster, political activist, and former academic.

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Contributor Notes

Jonathan Wills is a journalist who has worked extensively in the press, radio and television, specialising in the oil industry, fishing, agriculture and the environment. Dr. Wills, who has lived in Shetland, on and off, since 1962, has been regularly reporting and commenting on the Sullom Voe project since its inception.