On the commodity trail : the journey of a bargain store product from East to West /

"From raw materials on municipal rubbish dumps in the Far East, to newly re-made products and a journey across the seas, to bargain stores in Europe and North America and eventually to the homes of consumers, this is the complex story behind society's simplest and cheapest commodities. Wea...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hulme, Alison (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2015.
Temas:
Commercial products > China.
Commercial products.
Commerce.
International trade.
Commerce
Produits commerciaux > Chine.
Produits commerciaux.
Commerce international.
Sociology & anthropology.
Human geography.
Economics.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industries > General.
Commercial products
International trade
Industry.
China
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: 8 Bargain Store Commodities and their Journeys
  • 1. The Dump: Shanghai and Tianjin as Graveyards and Birthplaces of Commodities
  • 2. The 'Commodity City': Yiwu, the World's Factory of Bargains
  • 3. The Container Port: The Abundant Spaces of Felixstowe and Los Angeles
  • 4. The Bargain Store: Buying and Selling in the West's Spaces of 'Cheap' Conclusion: ... And Back to the Dump?

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