Globalization and the race for resources
- Baltimore Johns Hopkins University Press 2005
- xvi, 263 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [247]-255) and index.
Globalization and the Race for Resources explores how five nations?Portugal, the Netherlands, Britain, the United States, and Japan?achieved trade dominance by devising technologies, social and financial institutions, and markets to enhance their access to raw materials.