To govern the globe : world orders and catastrophic change /

During the long centuries of Iberian and British imperial rule, the quest for new forms of energy led to the development of the colonial sugar plantation as a uniquely profitable kind of commerce. In a time when issues of race and social justice have arisen with pressing urgency, the book explains h...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: McCoy, Alfred W. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago, Illinois : Haymarket Books, 2021.
Temas:
World politics > History.
Imperialism > History.
Civilization, Modern.
Climatic changes > Social aspects.
Disasters > History.
Politique mondiale > Histoire.
Impérialisme > Histoire.
Climat > Changements > Aspect social.
Catastrophes > Histoire.
Disasters.
Imperialism.
World politics.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Foreword by Jeremy Scahill
  • Chronology: World orders, 1300 to 2300
  • Empires and world orders
  • The Iberian age
  • Empires of commerce and capital
  • Britannia rules the waves
  • Pax Americana
  • Beijing's world system
  • Climate change in the twenty-first century.

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