A port in global capitalism : unveiling entangled accumulation in Rio de Janeiro / Sérgio Costa, Guilherme Leite Gonçalves.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Costa, Sérgio, 1962- author.

Gonçalves, Guilherme Leite, author.

Series:

Entangled inequalities

Entangled inequalities: exploring global asymmetries

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Capitalism.

Harbors.

Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)--Economic conditions.

Rio de Janeiro (Brazil).

Harbors--Brazil--Rio de Janeiro.

Capitalism--Brazil--Rio de Janeiro.

Brazil--Rio de Janeiro.

Physical Description:

117 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, 2020.

Summary:

"Through a study of the port district of Rio de Janeiro and its history, from its emergence as a major slave market to its modern-day incarnation as a hub of tourism, real-estate and financial speculation, this book examines the different dimensions of the manner in which capitalism expands its global process of accumulation to incorporate spaces not yet integrated into chains of value production. As such, it sheds new light on the use of explicit non-economic violence on the part of capitalist expansion, in the form of colonial or imperial policies, plundering or legal forms of expropriation. As such, it will appeal to sociologists, historians, economists, legal scholars and political theorists with interests in capitalism and inequalities"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

From primitive accumulation to entangled accumulation: developments in the Marxist theory of capitalist expansion

Port, capital and the capital city

Capitalism and slavery in the port of Rio de Janeiro

From the first attempts at industrialisation to financialisation: 'Little Africa' vs Porto Maravilha

Crisis anchored at the port.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

ebook version :

ISBN:

9780367340964

0367340968

OCLC:

1105246156