Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-223) and index.
Contents
War orphan -- Bombed-out shop -- Coconuts and cigarettes : some definitions -- Gov'nor's red tractors -- Military takeovers (or, how to own a country) -- Untold story of the amputees -- Robber barons -- Border post--a billion-dollar truck stop (going international) -- Romancing the stone : borders and businesspeople -- Washing machine : laundering, part one -- Diamonds and fish : going global -- Ports -- Drugs -- Cultures of criminals -- Cultures of cops -- World-port -- Investment machine : laundering, part two -- Human cargo -- Post-terror : creating (the illusion of) security -- Conclusion.