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Globalization from below : the world's other economy / edited by Gordon Mathews, Gustavo Lins Ribeiro and Carlos Alba Vega.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Small business.
- Globalization.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (265 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book explores globalization as actually experienced by most of the world's people, buying goods from street vendors brought by traders moving past borders and across continents under the radar of the law. The dimensions and practices of 'globalization from below' are depicted and analyzed in detail by a team of international scholars. Topics covered include the 'New Silk Road', African traders in China, street hawking in Calcutta and pirate CDs in Mexico. The chapters provide intimate portrayals of routes, markets and people in locations across the globe and explore theories that can h
- Contents:
- pt. 1. Mapping globalization from below : routes, nodes, laws
- pt. 2. Embodying globalization from below : entrepreneurs, traders, peddlers.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-136-25606-7
- 0-415-53509-3
- 1-283-58603-7
- 9786613898487
- 0-203-10600-8
- 1-136-25607-5
- 9780203106006
- OCLC:
- 810082820
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