Selling Gasoline with a Smile: Gas Station Attendants between the United States, Italy, and the Third World, 1945–1970

This article analyzes the ways in which Esso Standard Italiana, the Italian affiliate of Standard Oil (New Jersey), and the state-owned firm Azienda Generale Italiana Petroli (Italian General Oil Company, Agip), redefined the job of gas station attendants in post-war Italy. It argues that, drawing o...

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