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Sinews of War and Trade: Shipping and Capitalism in the Arabian Peninsula
by Laleh Khalili
March 23, 2021 - May 27, 2021 (class-struggle)

Khalili, L. (2020). Sinews of War and Trade: Shipping and Capitalism in the Arabian Peninsula. Verso.


Verso, 2020. 352 pages. Hardcover. 9781786634832

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p.222
coruscating »
(verb) to give off or reflect light in bright bea…
p.111
variegated »
(adj) exhibiting different colors, especially as …
p.108
abeyance »
(noun) a lapse in succession during which there i…
p.103
portentous »
(adjective) of, relating to, or constituting a po…
p.82
liminal »
ambiguous; occupying a position at, or on both si…
p.204
a large donation to Oxford University
In Kuwait, after the 1956 Suez War, workers at Ah…
p.203
paid transport to Britain once every five years
Oblique accounts offered in the archives show tha…
p.202
the Gulf monarchies were so terrified
What distinguishes many strikes at docks on the A…
p.189
sheer manpower
Undoubtedly, the casualised and subcontracting na…
p.115
'political stability' is of course a euphemism
In 1985, Jabal Ali Free Zone hosted sixteen compa…