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Sovereignty and Extortion: A New State Form in Mexico
By
Claudio Lomnitz
Claudio Lomnitz
Claudio Lomnitz is Campbell Family Professor of Anthropology at Columbia University and the author of several books, including
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Duke University Press
Copyright:
This content is made freely available by the publisher. It may not be redistributed or altered. All rights reserved.
ISBN electronic:
978-1-4780-5972-1
Publication date:
2024
Book Chapter
Regional Systems of the Criminal Economy
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Published:July 2024
Drugs were to the birth of the new Mexican state what gold was to the rise of capitalism in early modern Europe. In this chapter, the four contrasting types of “criminal-economy subregions” that are the principal spaces of articulation of the illicit transnational economy that now has Mexico as a hub are identified. The four geographic sites exanubed—Southern California, Sinaloa, Matamoros, and Honduras—provide the prototypes.
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