Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction 1
5. Part 1. A Non-Negotiable Sovereignty?
6. 1. The proper swindle: Commercial and Financial Legislation of the 1880s 33
7. 2. Capitalism’s idolatry: The Law of Charitable Trusts, Mortmain, and the Firm as Family, c. 1870–1920 67
8. 3. For general public utility: Sovereignty, Philanthropy, and Market Governance, 1890–1920 103
9. Part 2. Negotiating Subjects
10. 4. hedging bets: Speculation, Gambling, and Market Ethics, 1890–1930. 143
11. 5. economic agents, cultural subjects: Gender, the Joint Family, and the Making of Capitalist Subjects, 1900–1940 199
12. Conclusion: Colonial Modernity and the Social Worlds of Capital 232
13. Notes 239
14. References 307
15. Index 329