Frontier Futures: Natures and Cultures of Capitalism in a Burmese Oilfield, 1880s-1940s

Gatty Lecture Series Join us for a talk by Chao Ren, Visiting Assistant Professor of History at Hamilton College. This Gatty Lecture will take place at the Kahin Center, 640 Stewart Ave. Lunch will be served. For questions, contact [contact removed]. Abstract Around the turn of the twentieth century, Burma was once a prominent location in global histories of oil. The early oil industry in Burma attracted a substantial amount of global capital, which led to significant increase in oil property and a surge in litigation. Focusing on the early oil industry in colonial Burma from the 1880s to the 1