Book Launch: “Resources, Empire and Labour”: Crises, Lessons and Alternatives

The interconnections of natural resources, empire and labour run through the most central and conflict-ridden crises of our times: war, environmental degradation, impoverishment and plutocracy. Crucial to understand and to change the conditions that give rise to these crises is the critical study of resource development and, more broadly, the resources question, which is the subject of this volume. The volume’s introduction and 23 chapters illuminate key aspects of the resources question from a variety of angles through concrete analyses and histories focused on the extractive industries (mining, oil and gas). Join editor David Leadbeater and several of the book’s contributors for this event!