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A Day in the Hole : Risk, Loss, and Excess in Downtown Lima.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gandolfo, Daniella.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Centro comercial "El Hueco" (Lima, Peru).
- Markets--Peru--Lima.
- Markets.
- Lima (Peru)--Economic conditions.
- Lima (Peru).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (190 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2025.
- Summary:
- A single day in a semilegal market in Lima, Peru, reveals a social world that defies conventional economic logic.In the heart of Lima's historic center, the markets of El Hueco ("The Hole") and sprawling Mesa Redonda pulse with life, with thousands of vendors selling everything from knockoff electronics to religious icons.
- Contents:
- Preface : a vision of excess in Lima
- Morning
- Midday
- Afternoon
- Evening and next morning
- Afterword.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9780226843384
- 0-226-84338-6
- OCLC:
- 1559562095
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