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The New Imperialism (Clarendon Lectures in Geography and Environmental Studies)

By David Harvey

Book information

Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA
Year
2003
ISBN
0199264317, 9780199264315
LCC
E895 .H375 2003
Open Library ID
OL22546310M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
897 kB (918567 bytes)
Edition
First Edition
Pages
253\263
Topic
Education
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

People around the world are confused and concerned. Is it a sign of strength or of weakness that the US has suddenly shifted from a politics of consensus to one of coercion on the world stage? What was really at stake in the war on Iraq? Was it all about oil and, if not, what else was involved? What role has a sagging economy played in pushing the US into foreign adventurism? What exactly is the relationship between US militarism abroad and domestic politics? These are the questions taken up in this compelling and original book. In this closely argued and clearly written book, David Harvey, one of the leading social theorists of his generation, builds a conceptual framework to expose the underlying forces at work behind these momentous shifts in US policies and politics. The compulsions behind the projection of US power on the world as a "new imperialism" are here, for the first time, laid bare for all to see.

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