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Development in Latin America

Toward a New Future

In Development in Latin America, Maristella Svampa explores the contemporary development and resistance dynamics of capitalist development — the workings (on people and societies) of the … 122 View

Power

Limits and Prospects for Human Survival

Weaving together findings from a wide range of disciplines, Power traces how four key elements developed to give humans extraordinary power: tool making ability, language, social complexity, and … 416 View

The Culture of Nature

North American Landscape from Disney to the Exxon Valdez, Second Edition

Since it was first published in 1991, few books have come close to capturing the depth and breadth of Alexander Wilson’s innovative ecocultural compendium The Culture of Nature. His work … 352 View

The Political Economy of Agrarian Extractivism

Lessons from Bolivia

Around the world, plantation economies are on the rise. Increasing concerns over food, energy and financial security, combined with a geopolitical restructuring of the global agro-food system, … 172 View
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Critical Development Studies Series

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Foreword

From: The Political Economy of Agrarian Extractivism

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Foreword by Cristóbal Kay, The Hague, 2019. 3 $0.30 Add
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Introduction

From: Power

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In the introduction, Heinberg suggests that while there is not a single solution to the converging crises of the 21st century, there is a single causative agent. That causative agent is … 13 $1.30 Add
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Foreword to the second edition

From: The Culture of Nature

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The foreword highlights how Wilson’s environmental activism was ahead of his time and explores how his ideas and practices are still relevant today. 6 $0.60 Add
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Agrarian Change and the Politics of Control

From: The Political Economy of Agrarian Extractivism

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The Politics of Control: An Analytical Framework Agrarian Dynamics in Bolivia: A Brief Overview Organization of the Argument 18 $1.80 Add
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Power in Nature

From Mitochondria to Emotion and Deception

From: Power

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In this chapter, the author takes a look at some of the powers that arose in living things long before humans emerged. 46 $4.60 Add
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From: Development in Latin America

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