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Book SynopsisThe beautiful Caribbean basin is fertile ground for a study of capitalism past and present. Transnational corporations move money and labor around the region, as national regulations are reworked to promote conditions benefiting private capital.Globalizing the Caribbeanoffers a probing account of the region's experience of economic globalization while considering gendered and racialized social relations and the frequent exploitation of workers. Jeb Sprague focuses on the social and material nature of this new era in the history of world capitalism. He combines an historical overview of capitalism in the region with theoretical analysis backed by case studies. Sprague elaborates upon the role of class formation and the restructuring of local states. He considers both U.S. hegemony, and how various upsurges from below and crises occur. He examines the globalization of the cruise ship and mining businesses, looks at the growth of migrant labor and reverse flow of remittances, and descri
Trade Review"Globalizing the Caribbean
is a fundamental book for anyone who wants to understand the region’s current political economy. Not many books combine empirically strong research with positioning the Caribbean in global accumulation networks. Caribbean activists and scholars in Caribbean Studies, Political Economy, Geography and Sociology will find Jeb Sprague’s book a valuable contribution."—
Caribbean Studies
