Oil, Corporate Power, and the Making of the World Market
by Adam Hanieh
- Author(s)
- Adam Hanieh
- Publication, year
- London ; New York : Verso, 2024
- Scope
- 336 Pages, 24,5 cm.
- ISBN
- 9781839763427
This expansive history traces the hidden connections between oil and capitalism from the late 1800s to the current climate crisis. Beyond simplistic narratives that frame oil as 'prize' or 'curse', Hanieh uncovers the surprising ways that oil is woven into the fabric of our modern world: the rise of an American-centered global order; the breakdown of Empire and anti-colonial rebellion; contemporary finance and US dollar hegemony; debt and militarism; and the emergence of new forms of synthetic consumption. By exposing the structures of power and placing oil in capitalism, the book makes an essential contribution to debates around oil-dependency and the struggle for climate justice.
- Keywords
- climate crisis , capitalism
- Location
- Cabinet 11C - 5: Antropoceen (en daarna) / Anthropocene (and after)
- Contains
- notes , index
