Prasad Capitalism’s Dark Complexion

Race, Markets and the Politics of Value
1. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-1-5292-4464-9
Verlag: Bristol University Press
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: 6 - ePub Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 234 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm

Has capitalism always partnered with race?

This book examines how capitalism operates through racialised structures across different moments in global history. Moving beyond conventional class-based analyses, the book deepens our understanding of capitalism’s effects by exploring how race has been used to value, control and exploit populations.

From slavery and colonial dispossession to global divisions of labour, sex tourism and consumerism, Prasad offers a vital critique of how capitalism not only damages those it devalues but also shapes the way we all live—and the condition of the planet itself.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Prasad, Pushkala

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Wirtschaftssysteme, Wirtschaftsstrukturen
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Humangeographie Wirtschaftsgeographie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziale Ungleichheit, Armut, Rassismus
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Wirtschaftssoziologie, Arbeitssoziologie, Organisationssoziologie
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftsgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Capitalism’s Dark Complexion: Race, Markets and a Global System of Valuation

2. Profiting from Human Capital: Chattel Slavery and the Commodification of Black Bodies

3. Dispossession by Any Means: Native American Encounters with Racialized Capitalism

4. The Colour of Sweat: Racialized Global Divisions of Labour

5. All-Consuming Racism: Divided Markets, Coloured Desires

6. Exhausting the Racialized Body: Extracting Pleasure and Life from Populations of Colour

7. No End in Sight: New Frontiers in the Collaborations between Race and Capital

Über Autor(innen)

Pushkala Prasad is the Zankel Professor of Management in the Department of Management and Business at Skidmore College.