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The end of the City of Gold? : industry and economic crisis in an Italian jewellery town /

How does Europe's economic crisis affect the ways in which industry and entrepreneurship are experienced on a grassroots level? The book offers an answer to this question by exploring the Italian jewellery town of Valenza and the downturn of its principal industry. Through the experiences of it...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Fontefrancesco, Michele Filippo
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Newcastle upon Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2013.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:How does Europe's economic crisis affect the ways in which industry and entrepreneurship are experienced on a grassroots level? The book offers an answer to this question by exploring the Italian jewellery town of Valenza and the downturn of its principal industry. Through the experiences of its inhabitants, the study investigates the social role that jewellery production had in Valenza and provides an ethnographic account of the crisis the city endures. This analysis delves into the relation ...
Descripción Física:1 online resource (278 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781443852784
1443852783
129997435X
9781299974357