Description: When considering the story of American power, the Department of the Interior rarely comes to mind. Yet it turns out that a government agency best known for managing natural resources and operating national parks has constantly supported America’s imperial aspirations.Megan Black’s pathbreaking book brings to light the surprising role Interior has played in pursuing minerals around the world―on Indigenous lands, in foreign nations, across the oceans, even in outer space. Black shows how the department touted its credentials as an innocuous environmental-management organization while quietly satisfying America’s insatiable demand for raw materials. As presidents trumpeted the value of self-determination, this almost invisible outreach gave the country many of the benefits of empire without the burden of a heavy footprint. Under the guise of sharing expertise with the underdeveloped world, Interior scouted tin sources in Bolivia and led lithium surveys in Afghanistan. Today, it promotes offshore drilling and even manages a satellite that prospects for Earth’s resources from outer space.
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Book Title: Global Interior : Mineral Frontiers and American Power
Number of Pages: 360 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Topic: Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies), Economics / General, United States / General, American Government / National
Item Height: 1 in
Publication Year: 2022
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Political Science, Business & Economics, History
Item Weight: 15.2 Oz
Author: Megan Black
Item Length: 9.2 in
Item Width: 6.1 in
Format: Trade Paperback
