Capitalism and the Sea: The Maritime Factor in the Making of the Modern World

by Liam Campling and Alejandro Colás

What keeps capitalism afloat?

The global ocean has through the centuries served as a trade route, strategic space, fish bank and supply chain for the modern capitalist economy. While sea beds are drilled for their fossil fuels and minerals, and coastlines developed for real estate and leisure, the oceans continue to absorb the toxic discharges of our carbon civilization - warming, expanding, and acidifying the blue water part of the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1784785237
• ISBN13: 9781784785239
• Release Date: January 2021
• Publisher: Verso
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 1.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.2" x 9.5"