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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.

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There is much to merit to the authors' contribution. -- Pierre Desrochers Historical Geography 2007

Table of Contents

List of Figures and Tables
Preface: Finding the Global in the Local
Chapter 1. Matter, Space, Time, and Globalization: An Introduction
Chapter 2. Globalizing Economies of Scale in the Sequence of Amazonian Extractive Systems
Chapter 3. Between Nature and Society: How Technology Drives Globalization
Chapter 4. Bulky Goods and Industrial Organization in Early Capitalism
Chapter 5. From Wood to Steel: British-American Interdependent Expansion across the Atlantic and around the Globe
Chapter 6. Raw Materials and Transport in the Economic Ascendancy of Japan
Chapter 7. Conclusion
References
Index

Globalization and the Race for Resources

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      Publisher: Hopkins Fulfillment Service
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 1/6/2006 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780801882432, 978-0801882432
      ISBN10: 0801882435

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      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.

      Trade Review
      There is much to merit to the authors' contribution. -- Pierre Desrochers Historical Geography 2007

      Table of Contents

      List of Figures and Tables
      Preface: Finding the Global in the Local
      Chapter 1. Matter, Space, Time, and Globalization: An Introduction
      Chapter 2. Globalizing Economies of Scale in the Sequence of Amazonian Extractive Systems
      Chapter 3. Between Nature and Society: How Technology Drives Globalization
      Chapter 4. Bulky Goods and Industrial Organization in Early Capitalism
      Chapter 5. From Wood to Steel: British-American Interdependent Expansion across the Atlantic and around the Globe
      Chapter 6. Raw Materials and Transport in the Economic Ascendancy of Japan
      Chapter 7. Conclusion
      References
      Index

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