{"product_id":"the-entangled-legacies-of-empire-race-finance-and-inequality-9781526163448","title":"The Entangled Legacies of Empire: Race, Finance","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eMore than 25 experts from around the world have contributed to this unique and provocative book. In a series of illuminating short essays, each author has presented a striking image as an invitation to consider the ghosts of colonialism and imperialism in today’s global economy. In defiance of those who claim that today’s capitalist system is free of racism and exploitation, this book shows that the past is not behind us, it defines our world and our lives. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book takes the reader on a global tour, from Malaysia to Canada, from Angola to Mexico, from Libya to China, from the City of London to the Australian outback, from the deep sea to the atmosphere. Along the way we meet the financiers, artists, advertisers, activists and everyday people who are grappling with the entangled legacies of empire.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction – \u003ci\u003ePaul Robert Gilbert, Clea Bourne, Max Haiven and Johnna Montgomerie\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I: Blowouts\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1 Pumpjacks, playgrounds and cheap lives – \u003ci\u003eImre Szeman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2 ‘Boom!' – \u003ci\u003eTracy Lassiter\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e3 Spillcam – \u003ci\u003eAlysse Kushinski\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II: Circulations\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e4 Te Peeke o Aotearoa: colonial and decolonial finance in Aotearoa New Zealand, 1860s–1890s – \u003ci\u003eCatherine Comyn\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e5 Both sides of the coin: Lady Liberty and the construction of ‘the New Native’ on currency in Oregon’s colonial period – \u003ci\u003eAshley Cordes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e6 Milo – \u003ci\u003eSyahirah Abdul Rahman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III: Borders\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e7 ‘The trust will pursue debt through all means necessary' – \u003ci\u003eKathryn Medien\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e8 Hunger or indebtedness? Enforcing migrant destitution, racializing debt – \u003ci\u003eEve Dickson, Rachel Rosen and Kehinde Sorinmade\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e9 Libre: debt, discipline and humanitarian pretension – \u003ci\u003eChristian Rossipal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV: Emergence\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e10 ‘Afro-pessimism’ and emerging markets finance – \u003ci\u003eIlias Alami\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e11 Dreams of extractive development: reviving the Benguela Railway in central Angola – \u003ci\u003eJon Schubert\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e12 Spectral cities and rare earth mining in the North China Plain – \u003ci\u003eLinsey Ly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart V: Gestures\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e13 Italy, Libya and the EU: co-dependent systems and interweaving imperial interests at the Mediterranean border – \u003ci\u003eAlessandra Ferrini\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e14 Racial capitalism and settler colonization in Australia: Australian debts to Gurindji economies – \u003ci\u003eHolly Eva Katherine Randell-Moon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e15 Connected by a blue sweater: ethical narratives of philanthrocapitalist development – \u003ci\u003eZenia Kish\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart VI: Play\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e16 Eternal conflict: Sderot’s underground playground – \u003ci\u003eOded Nir\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e17 I am your dividend – \u003ci\u003eBen Stork\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart VII: Control\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e18 ‘The shape of the Stock Exchange is shapeless’ – \u003ci\u003eLaura Kalba\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e19 Data Centre Séance: telepathic surveillance capitalism, psychic debt and colonialism – \u003ci\u003eJacquelene Drinkall\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart VIII: Imaginaries\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e20 \u003ci\u003eMesoamérica Resiste\u003c\/i\u003e: staging the battle over Mesoamerica – capitalist fantasies vs grassroots liberation – \u003ci\u003eDebbie Samaniego and Felix Mantz\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e21 Extractive scars and the lightness of finance – \u003ci\u003eMaria Dyveke Styve\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e22 Imagined maps of racial capitalism – \u003ci\u003eGargi Bhattacharyya\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIndex\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Manchester University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51041028374871,"sku":"9781526163448","price":81.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781526163448.jpg?v=1750948661","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-entangled-legacies-of-empire-race-finance-and-inequality-9781526163448","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}