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The world of goods : towards an anthropology of consumption : with a new introduction / Mary Douglas and Baron Isherwood.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Douglas, Mary, 1921-2007, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Economic anthropology.
- Consumers.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxvii, 169 pages) : illustrations
- Edition:
- [Revised edition].
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Routledge, [1996]
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- First published in 1979, "The World of Goods" rapidly established itself as a classic. In this pioneering work, a leading anthropologist and an economist join forces to suggest what market researchers have long suspected and anthropologists have observed firsthand in other cultures--that people use goods as a means of communicating with each other. It is the unique contribution of this fascinating book that it shows us precisely how the insights of anthropology can help us better understand the varied ways in which we use the "world of goods" to communicate.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [155]-164) and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 170084
- OCLC:
- 560363095
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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