Christian Parenti: 3 books
Tropic of Chaos
Climate Change and the New Geography of Violence
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2011
From Africa to Asia and Latin America, the era of climate wars has begun. Extreme weather is breeding banditry, humanitarian crisis, and state failure.
In Tropic of Chaos, investigative journalist Christian Parenti travels along the front lines of this gathering catastrophe--the belt of economically...
The Soft Cage
Surveillance in America, From Slavery to the War on Terror
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2007
On a typical day, you might make a call on a cell phone, withdraw money at an ATM, visit the mall, and make a purchase with a credit card. Each of these routine transactions leaves a digital trail for government agencies and businesses to access. As cutting-edge historian and journalist Christian...
Anthropocene or Capitalocene?
Nature, History, and the Crisis of Capitalism
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2016
The Earth has reached a tipping point. Runaway climate change, the sixth great extinction of planetary life, the acidification of the oceans—all point toward an era of unprecedented turbulence in humanity's relationship within the web of life. But just what is that relationship, and how do we make...