The New Imperialism David Harvey‘rm i Sri gn a uate nd se Premereyameneeeeeneneeeennesannantennentenenetet erent eentnanenmaneenentenernine Contents Preface 1. All About Oit 2. How America’s Power Grew 3. Capital Bondage 4. Accumulation by Disposession 5. Consent to Coercion Further Reading Bibliography Notes Index 7 183 as 27 BTPreface ‘The Clarendon Lectures were delivered in the School of Geography and the Environment at Oxford University on 5,6, and 7 February 2003. The timing is significant. War against Irag, though seemingly imminent, had yet to begin and the faint hope still stirred that it could be stopped. That hope was bolstered by the huge global demonstrations, with a million or so people onthe streets fof London and Barcelona and impressive numbers recorded in many cities elsewhere throughout the world, including the United States, on 15 February. Sentiment within the Security Council of the United Nations largely supported the view that the threats posed by what every ‘one agreed was a barbaric and despotic regime could be resolved by diplomatic means. In spite of this opposition, military action against Iraq was initiated at the behest of | the United States, supported most conspicuously by Britain and Spain, on 20 March. Atthe time of writing the ‘outcome of the war, though not in doubt militarily is still ‘unclear. Will itend up being, or appearing tobe, a colonial