The Entangled Legacies of Empire
Race, Finance and Inequality
Published on 31. January 2023
Book
Hardback
352 pages
978-1-5261-6344-8 (ISBN)
Description
More 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.
This 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.
An electronic edition of this book is freely available under a Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-ND) licence. -- .
This 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.
An electronic edition of this book is freely available under a Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-ND) licence. -- .
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Manchester
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
25 black & white illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 222 mm
Width: 145 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
574 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-5261-6344-8 (9781526163448)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Paul Gilbert is a Senior Lecturer in International Development at the University of Sussex
Clea Bourne is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Media, Communications and Cultural Studies at Goldsmiths, University of London
Max Haiven is Canada Research Chair in the Radical Imagination at Lakehead University
Johnna Montgomerie is Professor of International Political Economy at King's College London -- .
Clea Bourne is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Media, Communications and Cultural Studies at Goldsmiths, University of London
Max Haiven is Canada Research Chair in the Radical Imagination at Lakehead University
Johnna Montgomerie is Professor of International Political Economy at King's College London -- .
Content
Introduction - Paul Robert Gilbert, Clea Bourne, Max Haiven and Johnna Montgomerie
Part I: Blowouts
1 Pumpjacks, playgrounds and cheap lives - Imre Szeman
2 'Boom!' - Tracy Lassiter
3 Spillcam - Alysse Kushinski
Part II: Circulations
4 Te Peeke o Aotearoa: colonial and decolonial finance in Aotearoa New Zealand, 1860s-1890s - Catherine Comyn
5 Both sides of the coin: Lady Liberty and the construction of 'the New Native' on currency in Oregon's colonial period - Ashley Cordes
6 Milo - Syahirah Abdul Rahman
Part III: Borders
7 'The trust will pursue debt through all means necessary' - Kathryn Medien
8 Hunger or indebtedness? Enforcing migrant destitution, racializing debt - Eve Dickson, Rachel Rosen and Kehinde Sorinmade
9 Libre: debt, discipline and humanitarian pretension - Christian Rossipal
Part IV: Emergence
10 'Afro-pessimism' and emerging markets finance - Ilias Alami
11 Dreams of extractive development: reviving the Benguela Railway in central Angola - Jon Schubert
12 Spectral cities and rare earth mining in the North China Plain - Linsey Ly
Part V: Gestures
13 Italy, Libya and the EU: co-dependent systems and interweaving imperial interests at the Mediterranean border - Alessandra Ferrini
14 Racial capitalism and settler colonization in Australia: Australian debts to Gurindji economies - Holly Eva Katherine Randell-Moon
15 Connected by a blue sweater: ethical narratives of philanthrocapitalist development - Zenia Kish
Part VI: Play
16 Eternal conflict: Sderot's underground playground - Oded Nir
17 I am your dividend - Ben Stork
Part VII: Control
18 'The shape of the Stock Exchange is shapeless' - Laura Kalba
19 Data Centre Seance: telepathic surveillance capitalism, psychic debt and colonialism - Jacquelene Drinkall
Part VIII: Imaginaries
20 Mesoamerica Resiste: staging the battle over Mesoamerica - capitalist fantasies vs grassroots liberation - Debbie Samaniego and Felix Mantz
21 Extractive scars and the lightness of finance - Maria Dyveke Styve
22 Imagined maps of racial capitalism - Gargi Bhattacharyya
Index -- .
Part I: Blowouts
1 Pumpjacks, playgrounds and cheap lives - Imre Szeman
2 'Boom!' - Tracy Lassiter
3 Spillcam - Alysse Kushinski
Part II: Circulations
4 Te Peeke o Aotearoa: colonial and decolonial finance in Aotearoa New Zealand, 1860s-1890s - Catherine Comyn
5 Both sides of the coin: Lady Liberty and the construction of 'the New Native' on currency in Oregon's colonial period - Ashley Cordes
6 Milo - Syahirah Abdul Rahman
Part III: Borders
7 'The trust will pursue debt through all means necessary' - Kathryn Medien
8 Hunger or indebtedness? Enforcing migrant destitution, racializing debt - Eve Dickson, Rachel Rosen and Kehinde Sorinmade
9 Libre: debt, discipline and humanitarian pretension - Christian Rossipal
Part IV: Emergence
10 'Afro-pessimism' and emerging markets finance - Ilias Alami
11 Dreams of extractive development: reviving the Benguela Railway in central Angola - Jon Schubert
12 Spectral cities and rare earth mining in the North China Plain - Linsey Ly
Part V: Gestures
13 Italy, Libya and the EU: co-dependent systems and interweaving imperial interests at the Mediterranean border - Alessandra Ferrini
14 Racial capitalism and settler colonization in Australia: Australian debts to Gurindji economies - Holly Eva Katherine Randell-Moon
15 Connected by a blue sweater: ethical narratives of philanthrocapitalist development - Zenia Kish
Part VI: Play
16 Eternal conflict: Sderot's underground playground - Oded Nir
17 I am your dividend - Ben Stork
Part VII: Control
18 'The shape of the Stock Exchange is shapeless' - Laura Kalba
19 Data Centre Seance: telepathic surveillance capitalism, psychic debt and colonialism - Jacquelene Drinkall
Part VIII: Imaginaries
20 Mesoamerica Resiste: staging the battle over Mesoamerica - capitalist fantasies vs grassroots liberation - Debbie Samaniego and Felix Mantz
21 Extractive scars and the lightness of finance - Maria Dyveke Styve
22 Imagined maps of racial capitalism - Gargi Bhattacharyya
Index -- .