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Extractive Imperialism in the Americas : Capitalism's New Frontier.
Title:
Extractive Imperialism in the Americas : Capitalism's New Frontier.
Author:
Petras, James.
ISBN:
9789004268869
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Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (331 pages)
Series:
Studies in Critical Social Sciences ; v.70

Studies in Critical Social Sciences
Contents:
Extractive Imperialism in the Americas: Capitalism's New Frontier -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Tables -- List of Acronyms -- List of Contributors -- Introduction -- Part 1: Imperialism and Class Struggle Dynamics -- 1 A New Model or a New Form of Imperialism? -- 2 Extractive Imperialism in Historical Perspective -- 3 Agro-Extractivism: The Agrarian Question of the 21st Century -- 4 Trade and Development in an Era of Extractive Imperialism -- 5 Class Struggle on the New Frontier of Extractive Capitalism -- Part 2: Extractive Capitalism and Popular Resistance -- 6 Extractive Capitalism and the Resistance in Guyana -- 7 Extractive Capitalism and Brazil's Great Leap Backward -- 8 Resistance and Reform in Mexico's Mining Sector -- 9 Canadian Resistance to the Northern Gateway Oil Pipeline -- 10 Imperialist Dynamics of US-Venezuela Relations -- 11 Dynamics of 21st Century Imperialism -- 12 Reflections on us Imperialism at Home and Abroad -- Bibliography -- Index.
Abstract:
This book explores the changing face of US imperialism in the context of a system that is in crisis. At issue are the devastating effects of the turn of many multinational corporations towards 'extractivism'-a pillage of society's natural resources.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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