Sinews of war and trade : shipping and capitalism in the Arabian Peninsula /: shipping and capitalism in the Arabian Peninsula. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Laleh Khalili.
• Authors: Khalili, Laleh
• Contents: Cover Page -- Halftitle Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Map -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1. Route-making -- Admiralty Charts and the Making of Routes -- The Emergence of Steam -- 'The Seas Inlaid with Eloquent, Gentle Wires' -- Pilgrimage -- The Suez Canal -- Port Management of Routes -- Freight Rates -- Speculative Routes -- 2. Harbour-Making -- Curzon's 'Prancing in the Persian Puddle' -- Dammam -- Creeks and Harbours of the Trucial Coast -- Dubai -- Aden -- Making and Remaking the Land and the Sea -- 3. Palimpsests of Law and Corporate Sovereigns Weaponising Arbitration Tribunal -- Dubai Ports World -- Geophysical Features into Legal Categories -- The Offshore -- The Global Struggle Over Subsea Resources -- Free Zones -- Jabal Ali -- Saudi Economic Cities -- 4. Roads and Rails Leading Away -- Oil Roads and Rail -- Roads as Economic Pacification Weapons -- Competing Powers and Roads -- Federating Transports -- Peninsular Connections -- 5. 'Mechanic, Merchant, King' -- Tanker and Cargo Shipping Companies -- Merchants and Capitalists -- Insurance and Banking -- Advisers, Bureaucrats, and Experts -- The Technopolitics of Managing Ports 6. Landside Labour -- Conditions of Work -- Migration -- Protests in the Peninsula -- Politics or Workplace Protests? -- Forms of Protest -- Unions as Channels for Protest -- Chokepoints and Counterlogistics -- 7. Shipboard Work -- Lascars, Asiatics, and Others -- Circulation of Revolt -- Global Hierarchies Aboard Ships Today -- Working on Tankers -- Flagging -- 8. The Bounties of War -- Routes of War -- Wars of Routes -- The Utility of Regional Wars for the Peninsula -- Tankers, Wars, and Tanker Wars -- Desert Storm and After -- The Importance of Bases The Riches of Military Construction and Logistics -- Epilogue -- Glossary and Abbreviations -- Bibliography -- Media (Online and Print) and Trade Journals -- Court Cases -- Published Sources -- Notes -- Index
• Publisher Details: London Brokklyn, NY : Verso
• Publication Date: 2020
• Copyright Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 387.5/440953; Shipping -- Arabian Peninsula; Capitalism -- Arabian Peninsula; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Economy; Capitalism; Commerce; Economic history; Shipping; Arabian Peninsula -- Commerce; Arabian Peninsula -- Economic conditions; Arabian Peninsula; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781786634832; 9781786634849; 1786634848
• Related ISBNs: 178663483X; 9781786634818
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on July 07, 2020).
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