| The Social Life of Things: Commodities in Cultural Perspective Contributor(s): Appadurai, Arjun (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0511819587 ISBN-13: 9780511819582 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $213.75 Product Type: Open Ebook - Other Formats Published: June 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social |
| Dewey: 306.3 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The contributors to this volume examine how things are sold and traded in a variety of social and cultural settings, both present and past. Bridging the disciplines of social history, cultural anthropology, and economics, the volume marks a major step in our understanding of the cultural basis of economic life and the sociology of culture. |