Globalization and the Race for Resources (Hardcover)

This examination into the nature of globalization explores the sequence of trade-dominant economies - Portugal, the Netherlands, Holland, Britain, the United States, and Japan. It shows how each nation became a global power by devising technologies, social and financial institutions, and markets to enhance its access to raw materials. Stephen G. Bunker and Paul S. Ciccantell integrate ecological and economic explanations of resource extraction and production to illustrate the way globalization results from the progressive extension of systematically integrated material processes across cumulatively greater space. Drawing from extensive historical research into how economic and environmental dynamics interacted in the extraction of different materials in the Amazon, especially in the development of the iron mine of Carajas, the authors also illustrate the profound connection between global dominance and control of natural resources.

General

Imprint:	Johns Hopkins University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Themes in Global Social Change
Release date:	November 2005
First published:	2006
Authors:	Stephen G. Bunker • Paul S Ciccantell
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	288
ISBN-13:	978-0-8018-8242-5
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Globalization Books > Business & Economics > Economics > Development economics
LSN:	0-8018-8242-7
Barcode:	9780801882425

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