Globalists: The End of Empire and the Birth of Neoliberalism

400 Pages·2018·3.9 MB·english

by  Quinn Slobodian

GLOBALISTS

Globalists
The End of Empire and the Birth of Neoliberalism
Quinn slobodian
Cambridge, Massachusetts
London, England
2018
Copyright © 2018 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College
All rights reserved
Printed in the United States of Amer i ca
First printing
Library of Congress Cataloging- in- Publication Data
Names: Slobodian, Quinn, 1978– author.
Title: Globalists : the end of empire and the birth of neoliberalism /
Quinn Slobodian.
Description: Cambridge, Mas sa chu setts : Harvard University Press, 2018. |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2017050071 | ISBN 9780674979529 (alk. paper)
Subjects: LCSH: Globalization— History—20th  century. |
Neoliberalism— History—20th  century. | Capitalism— History—20th  century.
Classification: LCC JZ1318 .S595 2018 | DDC 320.51/3— dc23
LC rec ord available at https:// lccn . loc . gov / 2017050071
Cover design: Jill Breitbarth
Cover art: Art: Open Window, 1917 (oil paint, mixed media & wax on panel), Juan Gris
(1887–1927)/Philadelphia Museum of Art, Pennsylvania, USA/The Louise and Walter
Arensberg Collection, 1950/Bridgeman Images
For M & Y

Contents
list of abbreviations ix
Introduction: Thinking in World O rders 1
1. A World of Walls 27
2. A World of Numbers 55
3. A World of Federations 91
4. A World of Rights 121
5. A World of Races 146
6. A World of Constitutions 182
7. A World of Signals 218
Conclusion: A World of P eople without a People 263
notes 289
acknowl edgments 363
index 365