{"product_id":"along-the-integral-margin-uneven-development-in-a-myanmar-squatter-settlement-hardback-9781501764882","title":"Along the Integral Margin; Uneven Development in a Myanmar Squatter Settlement (Hardback) 9781501764882","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eAlong the Integral Margin\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eUneven Development in a Myanmar Squatter Settlement\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eStephen Campbell (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781501764882\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 15 August 2022\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e210 pages, 21 b\u0026amp;w halftones, 1 map - 21 Halftones, black and white - 1 Maps\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.2 cm, 0.907 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis introductory lesson in historical economics goes beyond the simple linear approach, its purpose being to highlight, in modern times, a systemic contradiction between elites and workers, a truncated relationship that the author qualifies as \" passive revolution\".\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn recent years anthropologists have focused on informal, unfree, and other nonnormative labor arrangements and labeled them as \"noncapitalist.\"\u003c\/b\u003e In \u003ci\u003eAlong the Integral Margin\u003c\/i\u003e, Stephen Campbell pushes back against this idea and shows that these labor arrangements are, in fact, important aspects of capitalist development and that the erroneous \"noncapitalist\" label contributes to obscuring current capitalist relations.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThrough powerful, intimate ethnographic narratives of the lives and struggles of residents of a squatter settlement in Myanmar, Campbell challenges narrow conceptions of capitalism and asserts that nonnormative labor is not marginal but rather centrally important to Myanmar's economic development. Campbell's narrative approach brings individuals who are often marginalized in accounts of contemporary Myanmar to the forefront and raises questions about the diversity of work in capitalism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"ILR Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52607872205080,"sku":"9781501764882","price":32.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/along-the-integral-margin-uneven-development-in-a-myanmar-squatter-settlement-hardback-9781501764882","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}