Friction : an ethnography of global connection / Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing.

Author/creator Tsing, Anna Lowenhaupt
Format Book
Publication InfoPrinceton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©2005.
Descriptionxiv, 321 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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Subjects

Contents Introduction -- PROSPERITY: "Better you had brought me a bomb, so I could blow this place up" -- Frontiers of capitalism -- "They communicate only in sign language" -- The economy of appearances -- KNOWLEDGE: "Let a new Asia and a new Africa be born" -- Natural universals and the global scale -- "Dark rays" -- Nature loving -- "This earth, this island Borneo" -- A history of weediness -- FREEDOM: "A hair in the flour" -- Movements -- "Facilities and incentives" -- The forest of collaborations.
Local noteLittle-347898--305131054190W
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [297]-312) and index.
LCCN 2004043422
ISBN0691120641 (alk. paper)
ISBN9780691120645 (alk. paper)
ISBN069112065X (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN9780691120652 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks GN345.6 .T75 2005 ✔ Available Place Hold