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Extractive imperialism in the Americas

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Recent changes in the global economy, which include a growing demand for energy and natural resources such as industrial minerals and agro-food products, have brought about a massive devastating pillage of resources in the developing world by multinational corporations as well as states with energy and food security concerns—and concerns about a system (global capitalism) in the throes of a global crisis. These developments have also brought about a major change in the form taken by imperialism (actions taken by the state to advance the interests of the dominant capitalist class). This book explores the changing face of US imperialism in the regional context of the Americas, a major stage in the unfolding drama of a system in crisis.

Title Extractive imperialism in the Americas : capitalism's new frontier / James Petras and Henry Veltmeyer
with contributions by Paul Bowles [and three others].
Edition 1st ed.
Publisher Leiden, Netherlands : Brill
Creation Date 2014
Notes Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
English
Content Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- A New Model or a New Form of Imperialism? -- Extractive Imperialism in Historical Perspective -- Agro-Extractivism: The Agrarian Question of the 21st Century -- Trade and Development in an Era of Extractive Imperialism -- Class Struggle on the New Frontier of Extractive Capitalism -- Extractive Capitalism and the Resistance in Guyana -- Extractive Capitalism and Brazil’s Great Leap Backward -- Resistance and Reform in Mexico’s Mining Sector -- Canadian Resistance to the Northern Gateway Oil Pipeline -- Imperialist Dynamics of US-Venezuela Relations -- Dynamics of 21st Century Imperialism -- Reflections on us Imperialism at Home and Abroad -- Bibliography -- Index.
Series Studies in Critical Social Sciences, 1573-4234
Volume 70
Extent 1 online resource (331 p.)
Language English
Copyright Date ©2014
National Library system number 997010716664005171
MARC RECORDS
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