Acknowledgments

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. Introduction. Fields of Dreams 1
4. PART I. PLANTING MONEY
5. 1. Origin Stories 23
6. 2. The Rise of Imperial Finance: A Brief History 47
7. 3. Speculative Blooms and Busts 56
8. PART II. PRIMITIVE ACCUMULATIONS
9. 4. Of Suffering and Salvation: Primitive Accumulation as Capitalist Historicity 103
10. 5. Accumulation by DisPossession: Reflections on Historical Failure 139
11. PART III. THRESHOLDS
12. 6. The Psychotechnics of Capitalist Expansion: Industrial Psychology and the Science of Interiority 167
13. 7. Indigenous Interiors 217
14. PART IV. FARMS THAT GROW PEOPLE
15. 8. Continuous Improvement: Investing in Human Potential 239
16. 9. The Finca de Personas: Labor and the Art of Personal Transformation 276
17. Conclusion. Postcolonial Redemption 287
18. Notes 291
19. References 297
20. Index 309
21. Acknowledgments 315