A dark and fascinating story of how palm oil has shaped our world
Its in our food, our cosmetics, our fuel and our bodies. Palm oil, found in half of supermarket products, has shaped our world. Max Haiven uncovers how the gears of capitalism are literally and metaphorically lubricated by this ubiquitous elixir.
From its origins in West Africa to todays Southeast Asian palm oil superpowers, Haivens sweeping, experimental narrative takes us on a global journey that includes looted treasures, the American system of mass incarceration, the history of modern art and the industrialisation of war. Beyond simply calling for more consumer boycotts, he argues for recognising in palm oil humanitys profound potential to shape our world beyond racial capitalism and neo-colonial dispossession.
One part history, one part dream, one part theory, one part montage, this kaleidoscopic and urgent book asks us to recognise the past in the present and to seize the power to make a better world.
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Palm Oil von Max Haiven - mit der ISBN: 9780745345840
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / International / General; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / General; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Energy; POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Globalization; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Imperialism; SCIENCE / Global Warming & Climate Change; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / General; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Minority Studies; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination; Empires built on oil; Palm Oil and, Online-Buchhandlung
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