Margins of the market: trafficking and capitalism across the Arabian Sea

"What is the relationship between trafficking and free trade? Is trafficking the perfection or a perversion of free trade? Trafficking occurs thousands of times each day at borders throughout the world, yet we've come to perceive it as something quite extraordinary. How did this happen, an...

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Main Author: Mathew, Johan (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
Published: Oakland, California University of California Press 2016
In: The California world history library (24)
Year: 2016
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Availability in Tübingen:Present in Tübingen.
UB: KB 20 A 9364
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Summary:"What is the relationship between trafficking and free trade? Is trafficking the perfection or a perversion of free trade? Trafficking occurs thousands of times each day at borders throughout the world, yet we've come to perceive it as something quite extraordinary. How did this happen, and what role does trafficking play in capitalism? To answer these questions, Johan Mathew traces the hidden networks that operated across the Arabian Sea in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Following the entangled history of trafficking and capitalism, he explores how the Arabian Sea reveals the gaps that haunt political borders and undermine economic models. Ultimately, he shows how capitalism around the Arabian Sea was forged at the margins of the free market, where governments intervened and traffickers turned a profit."--Provided by publisher
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-237) and index
Physical Description:xv, 248 Seiten Illustrationen 24 cm
ISBN:9780520288546
0520288548
9780520288553
0520288556