{"product_id":"moorings-nidhi-mahajan-9780520413511","title":"Moorings: Voyages of Capital Across the Indian Ocean","description":"\u003cb\u003eA free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press's Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eMoorings\u003c\/i\u003e follows sailors from the Gulf of Kachchh in India as they voyage across the ocean on mechanized wooden sailing vessels known as \u003ci\u003evahans\u003c\/i\u003e, or dhows. These voyages produce capital through moorings that are spatial, moral, material, and conceptual. With a view from the dhow, the book examines the social worlds of Muslim seafarers who have been rendered invisible even as they maneuver multiple regulatory regimes and the exigencies of life, navigating colonialism, neoliberalism, the rise of Hindutva, insurgency, climate change, and border regimes across the Indian Ocean. Based on historical and ethnographic research aboard ships, at ports and religious shrines, and in homes, \u003ci\u003eMoorings\u003c\/i\u003e shows how capitalism derives value from historically sedimented practices grounded in caste, gender, and transregional community-based forms of regulation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Nidhi Mahajan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0520413512\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780520413511\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of California Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/03\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 262\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Nidhi Mahajan","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46372707762431,"sku":"9780520413511","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_788785a7-577e-47b1-a856-c996e2b397e3.jpg?v=1732726724","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/moorings-nidhi-mahajan-9780520413511","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}