Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- A Note on Transliteration -- 1. Introduction: The Power of Invisible Hands -- 2. A Home for Markets Two Neighborhoods in Plan and Practice, 1905–1996 -- 3. Mappings of Power Informal Economy and Hybrid States -- 4. Mastery, Power, and Model...

There is today a new interest in empires past and present. Scholars seek fresh ways of understanding a form of power far older than the modern nation state. Others see empire, not long ago assumed to be a mode of governance on the way out, as having a surprising new lease on life, and want to...

This volume focuses on the interconnected formations of patrimonialism, colonialism/empire and capitalism. The articles show that patrimonial practices, which often form the backbone of empire, are present throughout history, including in global capitalist modernity.