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Explores the dreams and desired futures of workers, farmers and politicians that sustain and disrupt capitalism in contemporary India.

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'This is an important and fascinating book. Engagingly written and ethnographically rich, Dream Zones reveals the multiple meanings, contestations and realities of Special Economic Zones in India' -- Katy Gardner, Professor of Anthropology at London School of Economics

Table of Contents
List of Maps and Figures
Series Preface
Acknowledgements
Glossary and Abbreviations
Note on Language
1. The Economy of Anticipation
2. The Vision of Growth
3. The Land of Speculation
4. The Factory of the Future
5. The Labour of Aspiration
6. The Struggles for Tomorrow
7. Anticipation, Capitalism, Anthropology
Notes
Bibliography
Index

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      Publisher: Pluto Press
      Publication Date: 20/04/2014
      ISBN13: 9780745333731, 978-0745333731
      ISBN10: 0745333737
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      Economic systems and structures

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Explores the dreams and desired futures of workers, farmers and politicians that sustain and disrupt capitalism in contemporary India.

      Trade Review
      'This is an important and fascinating book. Engagingly written and ethnographically rich, Dream Zones reveals the multiple meanings, contestations and realities of Special Economic Zones in India' -- Katy Gardner, Professor of Anthropology at London School of Economics

      Table of Contents
      List of Maps and Figures
      Series Preface
      Acknowledgements
      Glossary and Abbreviations
      Note on Language
      1. The Economy of Anticipation
      2. The Vision of Growth
      3. The Land of Speculation
      4. The Factory of the Future
      5. The Labour of Aspiration
      6. The Struggles for Tomorrow
      7. Anticipation, Capitalism, Anthropology
      Notes
      Bibliography
      Index

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