Global Outlaws

by Nordstrom, Carolyn

• ISBN13: 9780520250963
• ISBN10: 0520250966
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-06-18
• Publisher: Ingram Pub Services

Summary

Carolyn Nordstrom traveled through Africa, Europe, Asia, and the United States to investigate the dynamics of illegal trade in goods, from blood diamonds and arms to pharmaceuticals, exotica, and staples such as food and oil. In Global Outlaws she peels away the layers of this vast economy that extends from a war orphan selling Marlboros on a street in Angola to powerful transnational networks reaching across continents and oceans. Book jacket.

Author Biography

Carolyn Nordstrom is Professor of Anthropology at the University of Notre Dame

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. xi
Preface	p. xv
National
The War Orphan	p. 3
The Bombed-Out Shop	p. 11
Coconuts and Cigarettes: Some Definitions	p. 19
The Gov'nor's Red Tractors	p. 27
Military Takeovers (Or, How to Own a Country)	p. 37
The Untold Story of the Amputees	p. 47
Robber Barons	p. 57
International
The Border Post - a Billion-Dollar Truck Stop (Going International)	p. 71
Romancing the Stone: Borders and Businesspeople	p. 83
The Washing Machine: Laundering, Part One	p. 93
Global
Diamonds and Fish: Going Global	p. 105
Ports	p. 115
Drugs	p. 129
The Cultures of Criminals	p. 139
The Cultures of Cops	p. 149
The World-Port	p. 157
The Investment Machine: Laundering, Part Two	p. 167
Human Cargo	p. 181
Home
Post-Terror: Creating (the Illusion of) Security	p. 191
Conclusion	p. 205
Notes	p. 211
References	p. 221
Index	p. 225
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