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What 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.

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"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 Contents
List 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

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      Publisher: University of California Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 5/10/2016 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780520288553, 978-0520288553
      ISBN10: 0520288556

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      What 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 Contents
      List 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

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