Capitalism : a ghost story / Arundhati Roy.

By:

Roy, Arundhati

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: Chicago, IL : Haymarket Books, 2014Description: 125 pages ; 20 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9781608463855 (paperback)

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

330.954 23

LOC classification:

HC440.I5 R678 2014

Other classification:

HIS017000 | BUS068000 | SOC015000 | SOC050000

Summary: "From the poisoned rivers, barren wells, and clear-cut forests, to the hundreds of thousands of farmers who have committed suicide to escape punishing debt, to the hundreds of millions of people who live on less than two dollars a day, there are ghosts nearly everywhere you look in India. India is a nation of 1.2 billion, but the country's 100 richest people own assets equivalent to one-fourth of India's gross domestic product. Capitalism: A Ghost Story examines the dark side of democracy in contemporary India, and shows how the demands of globalized capitalism has subjugated billions of people to the highest and most intense forms of racism and exploitation. "-- Provided by publisher.Summary: "This series of essays examines the dark side of democracy in contemporary India. The book also shows how the demands of globalized capitalism has subjugated billions of people around the world to the highest and most intense forms of racism and and exploitation"-- Provided by publisher.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Book	Ahmedabad	330.954 R6C2 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		190399

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 97-112) and index.

"From the poisoned rivers, barren wells, and clear-cut forests, to the hundreds of thousands of farmers who have committed suicide to escape punishing debt, to the hundreds of millions of people who live on less than two dollars a day, there are ghosts nearly everywhere you look in India. India is a nation of 1.2 billion, but the country's 100 richest people own assets equivalent to one-fourth of India's gross domestic product. Capitalism: A Ghost Story examines the dark side of democracy in contemporary India, and shows how the demands of globalized capitalism has subjugated billions of people to the highest and most intense forms of racism and exploitation. "-- Provided by publisher.

"This series of essays examines the dark side of democracy in contemporary India. The book also shows how the demands of globalized capitalism has subjugated billions of people around the world to the highest and most intense forms of racism and and exploitation"-- Provided by publisher.

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