TY  - BOOK
AU  - Johan Mathew
TI  - Margins of the Market: Trafficking and Capitalism across the Arabian Sea
SN  - 9780520288553
PY  - 2016///
CY  - Oakland, California
PB  - University of California Press
KW  - Smuggling
KW  - Arabian Sea
KW  - Capitalism
KW  - History
KW  - 19th century
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Free trade
KW  - Human smuggling
KW  - Slave trade
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Commoditizing transport -- Trafficking labor -- Disarming commerce -- Neutralizing money -- Valorizing markets
N2  - "What is the relationship between trafficking and free trade? Is trafficking the perfection or a perversion of free trade? Trafficking occurs thousands of times each day at borders throughout the world, yet we've come to perceive it as something quite extraordinary. How did this happen, and what role does trafficking play in capitalism? To answer these questions, Johan Mathew traces the hidden networks that operated across the Arabian Sea in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Following the entangled history of trafficking and capitalism, he explores how the Arabian Sea reveals the gaps that haunt political borders and undermine economic models. Ultimately, he shows how capitalism around the Arabian Sea was forged at the margins of the free market, where governments intervened and traffickers turned a profit."--Provided by publisher
ER  -