Extraction
the frontiers of green capitalism
$67.30
- Hardcover
288 pages
- Release Date
23 September 2025
Summary
The Lithium Dilemma: Climate Action vs. Social Justice
In the fight against climate change, lithium’s role in reducing emissions by powering green economies is a mixed blessing. Drawing on ground-breaking fieldwork in Chile, Nevada and Portugal, Thea Riofrancos explores the environmental and social costs of the global race to expand lithium mining amid supply chain concerns. Tracing the history of global extraction, Riofrancos examines how mining harms landscapes, provokes protest, …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781324036760 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1324036761 |
| Author: | Thea Riofrancos |
| Publisher: | WW Norton & Co |
| Imprint: | WW Norton & Co |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 23 September 2025 |
| Weight: | 441g |
| Dimensions: | 236mm x 160mm x 28mm |
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Critics Review
Extraction reminds us that the transition to an economy free from fossil fuels still allows for the endurance of extractivism. To disrupt these rapacious continuities, we need Thea Riofrancos’s rigorous research, searching interrogation, and honest reflection.–Naomi Klein, New York Times best-selling author of The Shock Doctrine and This Changes Everything
About The Author
Thea Riofrancos
Thea Riofrancos is a political science professor at Providence College, and Strategic Co-Director of the Climate and Community Institute. Her research has been featured in essays in The New York Times, The Washington Post, N+1, and The Guardian. She lives in Providence, Rhode Island.
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