This examination into the nature of globalization explores the sequence oftradedominant economies Portugal the Netherlands Holland Britain theUnited States and... » 

This examination into the nature of globalization explores the sequence oftradedominant economies Portugal the Netherlands Holland Britain theUnited States and Japan. It shows how each nation became a global power bydevising technologies social and financial institutions and markets toenhance its access to raw materials. Stephen G. Bunker and Paul S. Ciccantellintegrate ecological and economic explanations of resource extraction andproduction to illustrate the way globalization results from the progressiveextension of systematically integrated material processes across cumulativelygreater space. Drawing from extensive historical research into how economic andenvironmental dynamics interacted in the extraction of different materials inthe Amazon especially in the development of the iron mine of Carajas theauthors also illustrate the profound connection between global dominance andcontrol of natural resources. «