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Globalization and the Race for Resources
Stephen G. Bunker
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Paperback. 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 illustrate the profound connection between global dominance and control of natural resources. Series: Themes in Global Social Change. Num Pages: 288 pages, 4, 4 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DD; 1FPJ; 1KBB; JFFS; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 228 x 16. Weight in Grams: 398.
Globalization and the Race for Resources explores how five nations-Portugal, the Netherlands, Britain, the United States, and Japan-achieved trade dominance by devising technologies, social and financial institutions, and markets to enhance their access to raw materials. Through ecological and economic explanation of resource extraction and production, Stephen G. Bunker and Paul S. Ciccantell reveal globalization as the result of 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 ... Read more
Globalization and the Race for Resources explores how five nations-Portugal, the Netherlands, Britain, the United States, and Japan-achieved trade dominance by devising technologies, social and financial institutions, and markets to enhance their access to raw materials. Through ecological and economic explanation of resource extraction and production, Stephen G. Bunker and Paul S. Ciccantell reveal globalization as the result of 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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Series
Themes in Global Social Change
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD, United States
ISBN
9780801882432
SKU
V9780801882432
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About Stephen G. Bunker
Stephen G. Bunker (1944-2005) was a professor of sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Paul S. Ciccantell is an associate professor of sociology at Western Michigan University.
Reviews for Globalization and the Race for Resources
There is much to merit to the authors' contribution.
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