Global outlaws : crime, money, and power in the contemporary world / Carolyn Nordstrom.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nordstrom, Carolyn, 1953-

Series:

California series in public anthropology ; 16.

California series in public anthropology ; 16

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Transnational crime.

Organized crime.

Smuggling.

International economic relations.

Physical Description:

xxi, 234 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley : University of California Press, [2007]

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.

Contents:

National

1 The War Orphan 3

2 The Bombed-Out Shop 11

3 Coconuts and Cigarettes: Some Definitions 19

4 The Gov'nor's Red Tractors 27

5 Military Takeovers (Or, How to Own a Country) 37

6 The Untold Story of the Amputees 47

7 Robber Barons 57

International

8 The Border Post - a Billion-Dollar Truck Stop (Going International) 71

9 Romancing the Stone: Borders and Businesspeople 83

10 The Washing Machine: Laundering, Part One 93

Global

11 Diamonds and Fish: Going Global 105

12 Ports 115

13 Drugs 129

14 The Cultures of Criminals 139

15 The Cultures of Cops 149

16 The World-Port 157

17 The Investment Machine: Laundering, Part Two 167

18 Human Cargo 181

Home

19 Post-Terror: Creating (the Illusion of) Security 191.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-223) and index.

ISBN:

9780520250956

9780520250963

0520250958

0520250966

OCLC:

69792080

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