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Nordstrom, Carolyn, 1953-

Global outlaws : crime, money, and power in the contemporary world / Carolyn Nordstrom. - Berkeley : University of California Press, c2007. - xxi, 234 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - California series in public anthropology ; 16 .

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

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: 9780520250956 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780520250963 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0520250958 (hbk.) 0520250966 (pbk.)

LCCN: 2006017929

Nat. Bib. No.: GBA714145 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 013678020 Uk

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Transnational crime.
Organized crime.
Smuggling.
International economic relations.

LC Class. No.: HV6252 / .N67 2007

Dewey Class. No.: 364.135 NOR