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020 _a9781608463855 (paperback)
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050 0 0 _aHC440.I5
_bR678 2014
100 1 _aRoy, Arundhati.
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245 1 0 _aCapitalism :
_ba ghost story /
_cArundhati Roy.
260 _aChicago, IL :
_bHaymarket Books,
_c2014.
300 _a125 p. ;
_c20 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 97-112) and index.
520 _a"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. "--
_cProvided by publisher.
520 _a"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"--
_cProvided by publisher.
650 0 _aIncome distribution
_zIndia.
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650 0 _aCapitalism
_zIndia.
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650 0 _aGlobalization
_zIndia.
_99509
650 0 _aExploitation.
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