Crude Capitalism: Oil, Corporate Power, and the Making of the World Market

Crude Capitalism: Oil, Corporate Power, and the Making of the World MarketThis 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', Crude Capitalism 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

Pages: 248

The book in its course opens another test

legend and historical fact

1966-1970" (National Prize for the History and Criticism of Contemporary Italian Art

artist Bethan Hughes has unearthed a complex history of empires

while Scott—operated by the DuctTape Collective—acted as the eighth poet

The excerpts of three texts presented here are taken from Four Months in Northern Albania (1914)

Originally published in 1982

This new book could be seen as the legacy of his teaching

stories are told around a bonfire

For forty-six years

but also in the future