Extractive imperialism in the Americas : : capitalism's new frontier / / James Petras and Henry Veltmeyer ; with contributions by Paul Bowles [and three others].

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...

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Superior document:Studies in Critical Social Sciences, Volume 70
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Place / Publishing House:Leiden, Netherlands : : Brill,, 2014.
©2014
Year of Publication:2014
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
Series:Studies in critical social sciences ; Volume 70.
Physical Description:1 online resource (331 p.)
Notes:Description based upon print version of record.
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Table of Contents:
  • 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.