Extractive Imperialism in the Americas ：Capitalism's New Frontier ( 1 )

Publication subTitle ：Capitalism's New Frontier

Publication series ：1

Author： Petras   James;Veltmeyer   Henry  

Publisher： Brill‎

Publication year： 2014

E-ISBN: 9789004268869

P-ISBN(Paperback): 9789004268852

P-ISBN(Hardback):  9789004268852

Subject： C91 Sociology

Keyword： null 社会学

Language： ENG

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Description

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.

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Extractive Imperialism in the Americas: Capitalism’s New Frontier

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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

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