A History of the World in Seven Cheap Things: A Guide to Capitalism, Nature, and the Future of the Planet

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pp. 312, “Nature, money, work, care, food, energy, and lives: these are the seven things that have made our world and will shape its future. Bringing the latest ecological research together with histories of colonialism, indigenous struggles, slave revolts, and other rebellions and uprisings, Patel and Moore demonstrate that throughout history, crises have always prompted fresh strategies to make the world cheap and safe for capitalism. At a time of crisis in all seven cheap things, innovative and systemic thinking is urgently required. This book proposes a radical new way of understanding – and reclaiming – the planet in the turbulent twenty-first century. “

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ISBN13 9780520293137
Number of pages 312
Original Title A History of the World in Seven Cheap Things: A Guide to Capitalism, Nature, and the Future of the Planet
Published Date 2017
Book Condition Very Good
Jacket Condition Very Good
Binding Hardcover
Size 8vo
Place of Publication Oakland, California
Edition First edition
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pp. 312, “Nature, money, work, care, food, energy, and lives: these are the seven things that have made our world and will shape its future. Bringing the latest ecological research together with histories of colonialism, indigenous struggles, slave revolts, and other rebellions and uprisings, Patel and Moore demonstrate that throughout history, crises have always prompted fresh strategies to make the world cheap and safe for capitalism. At a time of crisis in all seven cheap things, innovative and systemic thinking is urgently required. This book proposes a radical new way of understanding – and reclaiming – the planet in the turbulent twenty-first century. “

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Weight 1 kg