Descript |
xxi, 234 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
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unmediated n |
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Contents |
The war orphan -- The bombed-out shop -- Coconuts and cigarettes : some definitions -- The Gov'nor's red tractors -- Military takeovers (or, how to own a country) -- The untold story of the amputees -- Robber barons -- The border post--a billion-dollar truck stop (going international) -- Romancing the stone : borders and businesspeople -- The washing machine : laundering, part one -- Diamonds and fish : going global -- Ports -- Drugs -- The cultures of criminals -- The cultures of cops -- The world-port -- The investment machine : laundering, part two -- Human cargo -- Post-terror : creating (the illusion of) security -- Conclusion. |
ISBN |
0520250966 (pbk.) |
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0520250958 (hbk.) |
EAN |
9780520250963 (pbk.) |
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9780520250956 (hbk.) |
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