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Gold, oil, and avocados : a recent history of Latin America in sixteen commodities / Andy Robinson.
Lippincott Library HC123.5 .R6313 2021
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Robinson, Andy, 1960- author.
- Standardized Title:
- Oro, petróleo y aguacates. English
- Language:
- English
- Spanish
- Subjects (All):
- Natural resources--Latin America--Management.
- Natural resources.
- Management.
- Latin America--Economic conditions.
- Latin America.
- Economic conditions.
- Economic history.
- Natural resources--Management.
- Physical Description:
- 344 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- New and revised edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Brooklyn : Melville House, [2021]
- Summary:
- Tells the story of the recent history of Latin America as viewed through the prism of the region's valuable commodities such as oil, gold, avocados and bananas, and how the historical plunder of the region's resources still persists.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: pt. ONE EXTRACTION
- ch. One Iron (Minas Gerais, Brazil) The Brutal Force
- ch. Two Niobium (Brazil) The Fetish Of Jair Bolsonaro
- ch. Three Coltan (Gran Sabana, Venezuela) The Mines Of Nicolas Maduro
- ch. Four Gold (Colombia; Central America; Utah; Nevada) El Dorado In Salt Lake City
- ch. Five Diamonds And Emeralds (Diamantina, Brazil) The Other Side Of Paradise
- pt. TWO CONQUEST
- ch. Six Bananas (Honduras) Banana Republic, Twenty-First Century
- ch. Seven Potatoes (Puno, Peru) From Chuno To The Potato Chip
- ch. Eight Copper (Apurfmac, Peru; Atacama Desert, Chile) Two Press Conferences And A Revolution
- ch. Nine Lithium (Potosi, Bolivia) Coup On The Salt Flat
- ch. Ten Quinoa (Uyuni, Bolivia) The Rise And Fall Of The Miracle Grain
- ch. Eleven Silver (San Luis Potosi, Mexico) "Racers" And The Fourth Transformation
- pt. THREE DEPLETION
- ch. Twelve Avocados (Michoacan, Mexico) Hot Dog With Guacamole
- ch. Thirteen Soy (Para, Brazil; Bahia, Brazil) Cargill And The War Of The End Of The Planet
- ch. Fourteen Beef (Para, Brazil) The Capital Of The Ox
- ch. Fifteen Oil (Venezuela; Brazil; Mexico) Petrosocialism And Counterattack.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781612199351
- 1612199356
- OCLC:
- 1263184938
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