Imperialism Without Colonies

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    Harry Magdoff, John Bellamy Foster

    Publisher: Monthly Review Press

    Year: 2003

    Format: Paperback

    Size: 160 pages

    ISBN: 9781583670941

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In the decades after 1945, as colonial possessions became independent states, it was widely-believed that imperialism as a historical phenomenon was coming to an end. The six essays collected in this volume demonstrate that a new form of imperialism was, in fact, taking shape—an imperialism defined not by colonial rule but by the global capitalist market. From the outset, the dominant power in this imperialism without colonies was the United States.

Magdoff’s essays explain how this imperialism works, why it generates ever greater inequality, repression, and militarism, and the essential role it plays in the development of U.S. capitalism.

His concluding essay presciently points out the limits of any attempted reform of the global economy which does not directly challenge the framework of capitalism.

Written in the 1960s and 70s, Magdoff’s essays constituted a major contribution to Marxist theory and provided a model of rigorous argument in which theory is constantly checked against the economic reality. They provide an indispensable guide to the basic forces at work in the global politics of the twenty-first century.

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"Harry Magdoff is a great teacher and an indomitable combatant. His contributions to socialist theory — on imperialism and monopolistic developments, as well as on the vital role of planning for any viable society of the future — are of a truly lasting importance." István Mészáros

Contents

Introduction by John Bellamy Foster

  1. The Achievement of Paul Baran
  2. The New Imperialism
  3. The American Empire and the U.S. Economy
  4. Imperialism Without Colonies
  5. Militarism and Imperialism
  6. The Limits of International Economic Reform

Index

About the Authors

Harry Magdoff has been a co-editor of Monthly Review since 1969 and is the author of The Age of Imperialism and Imperialism: From the Colonial Age to the Present.

John Bellamy Foster is professor of sociology at the University of Oregon in Eugene, author of Marx’s Ecology and Ecology Against Capitalism, and co-editor of Monthly Review.

Book Details

Author: Harry Magdoff
Author: John Bellamy Foster
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781583670941
Size: 160 pages
Publisher: Monthly Review Press
Year: 2003

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