Extractive Imperialism in the Americas: Capitalism's New Frontier (Studies in Critical Social Sciences, 70)

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 and food security concerns--and concerns about a system (global capitalism) in the throes of a global crisis. These developments have also brought about a major change in the form taken by imperialism (actions taken by the state to advance the interests of the dominant capitalist class). This book 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. 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. By James Petras And Henry Veltmeyer ; With Contributions By Paul Bowles, Dennis Canterbury, Norman Girvan, And Darcy Tetreault. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 297-315) And Index. 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