Extractive Imperialism in the Americas
Capitalism's New Frontier
Description
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
Author Bios
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 21st Century and Social Movements in Latin America.
Henry Veltmeyer, Ph.D. (1976) is professor of international development studies at Saint Mary's University. He has published extensively on the political economy of international development and Latin America.
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Publication date: March 1, 2016
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
