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In this wide-ranging collection, leading scholars from different disciplines critically examine the new extractive imperialism bearing down on the Americas. Recent changes in the global economy, particularly the growing demand for energy and natural resources, have produced a massive and devastating pillage of resources in the developing world by multinational corporations and States. These developments have also brought about a major change in the form taken by imperialism, and a renewed focus on the Americas as a source of plunder. Extractive Imperialism 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

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Author:   Henry Veltmeyer ,  James Petras
Publisher:   Haymarket Books
Imprint:   Haymarket Books
Volume:   70
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 22.80cm
Weight:   0.460kg
ISBN:  

9781608464944

ISBN 10:   1608464946
Pages:   326
Publication Date:   01 March 2016
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

List of Tables and Figures List of Contributors Introduction PART I: IMPERIALISM AND CLASS STRUGGLE DYNAMICS 1 A new model or imperialism of the 21st century? 2 Extractive imperialism in historical perspective, by Norman Girvan 3 Agro-imperialism? The agrarian question in the 21st century 4 Trade and development in an era of extractive imperialism 5 Class struggle on the new frontier of extractive capitalism PART II: EXTRACTIVE CAPITALISM AND POPULAR RESISTANCE 6 Extractive capitalism and resistance in Guyana, by Dennis Canterbury 7 Extractivism and the great leap backward in Brazil 8 Resistance and reform in Mexico’s mining sector, by Darcy Tetreault 9 Resistance in British Colombia: The Enbridge oil pipeline project, by Henry Veltmeyer and Paul Bowles 10 Imperialist dynamics of US-Venezuela-US relations 11 Dynamics of 21st Century Imperialism 12 Reflections on US Imperialism at home and abroad Bibliography Index

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James Petras is Professor Emeritus in Sociology at Binghamption University, and author of over 60 books on Latin American affairs and world affairs, including Imperialism and Capitalism in the 2Ist Century and Social Movements in Latin America. Henry Veltmeyer is Professor of Development Studies at Saint Mary's University and Universidad Autnoma de Zacatecas. He has authored and edited over 40 books on Latin American and world affairs, including Imperialism, Crisis and Class Struggle: The Verities of Capitalism

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