TY - BOOK ID - 56802802 TI - Extractive imperialism in the Americas : capitalism's new frontier AU - Petras, James AU - Veltmeyer, Henry AU - Bowles, Paul AU - Canterbury, Dennis AU - Girvan, Norman AU - Tetreault, Darcy Victor PY - 2014 SN - 9789004268852 9789004268869 9004268863 9004268855 1322127972 9781322127972 PB - Leiden Brill DB - UniCat KW - National wealth KW - Economic conditions. Economic development KW - International economic relations KW - Latin America KW - Capitalism KW - Economic development KW - Imperialism KW - Natural resources KW - National resources KW - Resources, Natural KW - Resource-based communities KW - Resource curse KW - Colonialism KW - Empires KW - Expansion (United States politics) KW - Neocolonialism KW - Political science KW - Anti-imperialist movements KW - Caesarism KW - Chauvinism and jingoism KW - Militarism KW - Development, Economic KW - Economic growth KW - Growth, Economic KW - Economic policy KW - Economics KW - Statics and dynamics (Social sciences) KW - Development economics KW - Political aspects KW - Economic aspects KW - Asociación Latinoamericana de Libre Comercio countries KW - Neotropical region KW - Neotropics KW - New World tropics KW - Spanish America KW - Foreign economic relations. KW - E-books KW - Capitalism. KW - International economic relations. KW - Economic aspects. KW - Political aspects. KW - Latin America. KW - Economic policy, Foreign KW - Economic relations, Foreign KW - Economics, International KW - Foreign economic policy KW - Foreign economic relations KW - Interdependence of nations KW - International economic policy KW - International economics KW - New international economic order KW - International relations KW - Economic sanctions KW - Market economy KW - Profit KW - Capital UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:56802802 AB - 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. ER -