Extractive Capitalism

‘Laleh Khalili, once more, describes with great clarity and precision the ways in which capitalism extracts, dispossesses and exploits. She traces the colonial roots of extractive capitalism focusing on two primary commodities, oil and sand, and shows the costs for the planet and the human species. She has an eye for details and anecdotes that illuminate the voracity and brutality of that economy. Essential reading, especially in our current time.’ - Françoise Vergès, author, A Decolonial Feminism ‘Praise for Sinews of War and Trade: Readers will delight in the book’s originality - there is truly nothing else like it’ - Marcus Rediker, author‘The scale of this book is breath-taking but the story is intimate and expertly crafted, moving from entire coastlines to city streets and singular body movements. This is a poetry of place’ - Deborah Cowen, author‘Laleh Khalili’s fascinating new book opens the window on another world’ - Adam Shatz

Laleh Khalili is Professor of Gulf Studies at the University of Exeter. An expert on transnational politics, she has written widely on globalisation, capital and neo-colonialism, and has worked as a consultant and an engineer. Her recent books include Sinews of War and Trade and The Corporeal Life of Seafarers.