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Ishikawa has a deep and long-term knowledge of his subject. The mixture of historical, anthropological, and sociological approaches is inspiring, and Ishikawa mixes these genres skillfully. A detailed and impressive thick description permeates the book<br> from the first page to the last, but it is also theoretically sophisticated. This combination sets it apart from quite a few other studies. <br> --Eric Tagliacozzo, Cornell University

Ishikawa has a deep and long-term knowledge of his subject. The mixture of historical, anthropological, and sociological approaches is inspiring, and Ishikawa mixes these genres skillfully. A detailed and impressive thick description permeates the book from the first page to the last, but it is also theoretically sophisticated. This combination sets it apart from quite a few other studies. --Eric Tagliacozzo, Cornell University

This is such a marvelous book. I love the way it brings a structural analysis of capitalism and the state into a deep reading of history and ethnography. The international politics, smuggling, ethnic formation, asymmetrical labor migration, and location work on isolated and little-known Cape Dato typify the striking particularity of transnational modernity. I will enjoy teaching it and will recommend it to many--far beyond the boundaries of Southeast Asian studies. -- Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing, University of California, Santa Cruz

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Noboru Ishikawa is an associate professor of social anthropology at the Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University. His publications include Dislocating Nation-States: Globalization in Asia and Africa.

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