Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface to the 2024 Edition ix
4. Preface xix
5. Introduction 1
6. I Prosperity
7. “Better you had brought me a bomb, so I could blow this place up” 19
8. 1 Frontiers of Capitalism 27
9. “They communicate only in sign language” 51
10. 2 The Economy of Appearances 55
11. II Knowledge
12. “Let a new Asia and a new Africa be born” 79
13. 3 Natural Universals and the Global Scale 88
14. “Dark rays” 113
15. 4 Nature Loving 121
16. “This earth, this island Borneo” 155
17. 5 A History of Weediness 171
18. III Freedom
19. “A hair in the flour” 203
20. 6 Movements 213
21. “Facilities and incentives” 239
22. 7 The Forest of Collaborations 245
23. Coda 269
24. Notes 273
25. References 297
26. Index 313