Research Catalog

Title

The corporate planet : ecology and politics in the age of globalization / by Josh Karliner.

Author

Karliner, Joshua.

Publication

San Francisco, Calif. : Sierra Club Books, 1997.

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Details

Description

297 p.; 23 cm.

Summary

"The Corporate Planet brilliantly exposes the elaborate efforts of giant corporations to "greenwash" themselves, and it demonstrates how they are using free trade agreements and World Bank loans to build a world order where they are accountable only to themselves. From Tokyo, where Mitsubishi processes rain forest logs from around the world, to a polluting Chevron oil refinery in California, to India, China, and Brazil, where global chemical companies are setting up shop, Joshua Karliner takes us on a stunning world tour. Here is a fascinating account of corporate greed and the unexpected powers of local activists to combat it."--Jacket.

Subject

• International business enterprises > Environmental aspects
• Environmental policy

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Ch. 1. The Corporate Planet: Environment and the Crisis of Globalization -- Ch. 2. The Greening of Global Reach: Corporate Environmentalism Comes of Age -- Ch. 3. Surfing the Pipeline: The Chevron Corporation and the Environmental Impacts of Oil -- Ch. 4. Island of Dreams: Mitsubishi and Japan's Keiretsu -- Ch. 5. Toxic Empire: The World Bank, Free Trade and the Migration of Hazardous Industry -- Ch. 6. The Emerald City: Advertising, Public Relations and the Production of Desire -- Ch. 7. Grassroots Globalization: Reclaiming the Blue Planet.

ISBN

0871564343 (alk. paper)

LCCN

^^^97008088^

OCLC

• 36485919
• SCSB-11290325

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library