Description
Book SynopsisWhat is the relationship between trafficking and free trade? Is trafficking the perfection or the perversion of free trade? Following the entangled history of trafficking and capitalism, the author explores how the Arabian Sea reveals the gaps that haunt political borders and undermine economic models.
Trade Review"This remarkable book combines rare conceptual imagination with rigorous and empirical scholarship. It is wonderfully written, with all the makings of a classic." * Economic and Political Weekly *
Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments
Note on Terms and Transliteration
Introduction
1. Commoditizing Transport
2. Trafficking Labor
3. Disarming Commerce
4. Neutralizing Money
5. Valorizing Markets
Conclusion
Abbreviations Used in Notes
Notes
Bibliography
Index
