Capitalism Caroline O’Connell Rivera examines both Mexican-American and

Rivera examines both Mexican-American and Anglo-American cultural production in order to tease out the complexities of the so-called “Mexican question

A Physician on the Nile contains great diversity in a small compass

Drawing on ethnographic encounters and conversations in mining regions

designed for the hit operetta of the same name

the Gold Coast of West Africa

Capitalism Caroline O’Connell Rivera examines both Mexican-American andVirtually everyoneleft, right, and centerbelieves that capitalist economies are autonomous, coherent, and regulated by their own internal laws. This view is an illusion. The reality is that economies organized around the pursuit of private profit are contradictory, incoherent, and heavily shaped by politics and governmental action. But the illusion remains hugely consequential because it has been embraced by political and economic elites who are