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Record Nr.

UNINA9910818824303321

Titolo

Globalization from below : the world's other economy / / edited by Gordon Mathews, Gustavo Lins Ribeiro and Carlos Alba Vega

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2012

ISBN

1-136-25606-7

0-415-53509-3

1-283-58603-7

9786613898487

0-203-10600-8

1-136-25607-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (265 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

Alba VegaCarlos

MathewsGordon

RibeiroGustavo Lins

Disciplina

337

Soggetti

Small business

Globalization

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Mapping globalization from below : routes, nodes, laws -- pt. 2. Embodying globalization from below : entrepreneurs, traders, peddlers.

Sommario/riassunto

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