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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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Oakland, California
University of California Press
2016
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The California world history library (24)
Year: 2016 |
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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 |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-237) and index |
| Physical Description: | xv, 248 Seiten Illustrationen 24 cm |
| ISBN: | 9780520288546 0520288548 9780520288553 0520288556 |