Research Catalog

Title

Extractive imperialism in the Americas : capitalism's new frontier / by James Petras and Henry Veltmeyer ; with contributions by Paul Bowles, Dennis Canterbury, Norman Girvan, and Darcy Tetreault.

Author

Petras, James F., 1937-

Publication

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2014]

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Additional Authors

• Bowles, Paul
• Canterbury, Dennis C. (Dennis Compton), 1953-
• Girvan, Norman, 1941-
• Tetreault, Darcy Victor
• Veltmeyer, Henry
• Veltmeyer, Henry.

Description

x, 321 pages; 25 cm.

Series Statement

Studies in critical social sciences, 1573-4234 ; volume 70

Uniform Title

Studies in critical social sciences v. 70.

Subject

• Capitalism > Latin America
• Economic development > Political aspects > Latin America
• Imperialism > Economic aspects
• Latin America > Foreign economic relations
• Natural resources > Political aspects > Latin America

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-315) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Imperialism and class struggle dynamics. 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 popular resistance. 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.

ISBN

• 9789004268852 (hardback : alk. paper)
• 9789004268869 (online) (canceled/invalid)

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library