{"product_id":"capital-by-rana-dasgupta-9781837263592","title":"Capital","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWINNER OF THE WINDHAM CAMPBELL PRIZE 2025\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWINNER OF THE PRIX ÉMILE GUIMET DE LITTÉRATURE ASIATIQUE 2017\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWINNER OF THE RYSZARD KAPUSCINSKI AWARD 2017\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE 2015\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF LITERATURE ONDAATJE PRIZE 2015\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE PRIX DU MEILLEUR LIVRE ÉTRANGER 2016\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eCapital\u003c\/em\u003e, Rana Dasgupta reveals the new version of Delhi which erupted out of its economic boom in the 1990s. An unsparing look at the causes and consequences of globalisation, \u003cem\u003eCapital\u003c\/em\u003e is at once a history, a warning and a looking glass.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSlums and markets bulldozed or burnt down. Luxury shopping malls and apartment blocks erected in their place. Meanwhile, hundreds of thousands of people from the rural hinterland streamed in, looking for work. The transformation of the city was stern, abrupt and unequal. Delhi brimmed with ambition and rage.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn this prescient account of the mayhem and disparity that would emerge from India's globalisation, Rana Dasgupta shows us a city's rebirth, for better and worse, through the eyes of its people. \u003cem\u003eCapital\u003c\/em\u003e is a book for our times.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47495334265068,"sku":"9781837263592","price":32.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781837263592-capital.jpg?v=1775794277","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/capital-by-rana-dasgupta-9781837263592","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}