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Globalizing the Caribbean :

by Sprague, Jeb.
Published by : Temple University P., (Philadelphia : ) Physical details: xix, 322 p. : ill., graphs, photos. ISBN: 9781439916544. Subject(s): International business enterprises -- Caribbean Area. | Caribbean Area -- Economic conditions -- 1945- | Caribbean Area -- Social conditions -- 1945- | Elite (Social science) -- Caribbean Area. | Capitalism -- Caribbean Area. | Globalization -- Caribbean Area. Year: 2019
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Bibliography : p. 277-315

"The beautiful Caribbean basin is fertile ground for a study of capitalism past and present. Transnational corporations move money and labor around the region, as national regulations are reworked to promote conditions benefiting private capital.Globalizing the Caribbeanoffers a probing account of the region's experience of economic globalization while considering gendered and racialized social relations and the frequent exploitation of workers. Jeb Sprague focuses on the social and material nature of this new era in the history of world capitalism. He combines an historical overview of capitalism in the region with theoretical analysis backed by case studies. Sprague elaborates upon the role of class formation and the restructuring of local states. He considers both U.S. hegemony, and how various upsurges from below and crises occur. He examines the globalization of the cruise ship and mining businesses, looks at the growth of migrant labor and reverse flow of remittances, and describes the evolving role of export processing and supranational associations. In doing so, Sprague shows how transnationally oriented elites have come to rule the Caribbean, and how capitalist globalization in the region occurs alongside shifting political, institutional, and organizational dynamics"-

Purchased Purchased Oct. 21,2020 c/c 296375 $18,580.00 YBYW

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