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Domesticating the world [[electronic resource] ] : African consumerism and the genealogies of globalization / / Jeremy Prestholdt
| Domesticating the world [[electronic resource] ] : African consumerism and the genealogies of globalization / / Jeremy Prestholdt |
| Autore | Prestholdt Jeremy |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2008 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (289 p.) |
| Disciplina | 339.4/709676 |
| Collana | California world history library |
| Soggetto topico |
Consumer behavior - Africa, Eastern
Globalization - Africa, Eastern |
| Soggetto non controllato |
19th century
africa african consumers career college students consumer demands consumerism consumption east africa economic change engaging global politics global relationships globalization historical india interconnectivity materialism modern history nonfiction political science politics postcolonialism social change united states western expansion western interests western world world history world trade |
| ISBN |
1-282-36047-7
9786612360473 0-520-94147-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Similitude and Global Relationships: Self-Representation in Mutsamudu -- 2. The Social Logics of Need: Consumer Desire in Mombasa -- 3. The Global Repercussions of Consumerism: East African Consumers and Industrialization -- 4. Cosmopolitanism and Cultural Domestication: Consumer Imports in Zanzibar -- 5. Symbolic Subjection and Social Rebirth: Objectification in Urban Zanzibar -- 6. Picturesque Contradictions: Taxonomies of East Africa -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910780640203321 |
Prestholdt Jeremy
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2008 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Tracing the roots of globalization and business principles / / Lawrence A. Beer
| Tracing the roots of globalization and business principles / / Lawrence A. Beer |
| Autore | Beer Lawrence A. |
| Edizione | [Second edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, New York (222 East 46th Street, New York, NY 10017) : , : Business Expert Press, , 2015 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xxvi, 341 pages) |
| Disciplina | 337 |
| Collana | International business collection |
| Soggetto topico |
Globalization
International business enterprises |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| Soggetto non controllato |
ancient commodities
business principles competition cost economics globalization government international business market mediums of exchange proprietary rights religion secular laws technology world trade |
| ISBN | 1-63157-231-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Part I. Exchange: the natural social imperative -- 1. Globalization takes root -- 2. Tracing the roots of globalization -- Part II. Trade: a historical perspective -- 3. The beginning of recorded trade -- 4. The age of exploration -- Part III. Building blocks of globalization -- 5. The first global products -- 6. Ancient societal infrastructures originating in and supporting commercialism -- 7. Mediums of exchange and financial instruments -- Part IV. Collateral influences on global commercialization -- 8. Religion and the exchange process -- 9. The influence of government on global trade and ancient secular, commercial, and legal regulations -- Notes -- References -- Index. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910460657303321 |
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Beer Lawrence A.
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| New York, New York (222 East 46th Street, New York, NY 10017) : , : Business Expert Press, , 2015 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Tracing the roots of globalization and business principles / / Lawrence A. Beer
| Tracing the roots of globalization and business principles / / Lawrence A. Beer |
| Autore | Beer Lawrence A. |
| Edizione | [Second edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, New York (222 East 46th Street, New York, NY 10017) : , : Business Expert Press, , 2015 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xxvi, 341 pages) |
| Disciplina | 337 |
| Collana | International business collection |
| Soggetto topico |
Globalization
International business enterprises |
| Soggetto non controllato |
ancient commodities
business principles competition cost economics globalization government international business market mediums of exchange proprietary rights religion secular laws technology world trade |
| ISBN | 1-63157-231-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Part I. Exchange: the natural social imperative -- 1. Globalization takes root -- 2. Tracing the roots of globalization -- Part II. Trade: a historical perspective -- 3. The beginning of recorded trade -- 4. The age of exploration -- Part III. Building blocks of globalization -- 5. The first global products -- 6. Ancient societal infrastructures originating in and supporting commercialism -- 7. Mediums of exchange and financial instruments -- Part IV. Collateral influences on global commercialization -- 8. Religion and the exchange process -- 9. The influence of government on global trade and ancient secular, commercial, and legal regulations -- Notes -- References -- Index. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910797641103321 |
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Beer Lawrence A.
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| New York, New York (222 East 46th Street, New York, NY 10017) : , : Business Expert Press, , 2015 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
| ||
Tracing the roots of globalization and business principles / / Lawrence A. Beer
| Tracing the roots of globalization and business principles / / Lawrence A. Beer |
| Autore | Beer Lawrence A. |
| Edizione | [Second edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, New York (222 East 46th Street, New York, NY 10017) : , : Business Expert Press, , 2015 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xxvi, 341 pages) |
| Disciplina | 337 |
| Collana | International business collection |
| Soggetto topico |
Globalization
International business enterprises |
| Soggetto non controllato |
ancient commodities
business principles competition cost economics globalization government international business market mediums of exchange proprietary rights religion secular laws technology world trade |
| ISBN | 1-63157-231-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Part I. Exchange: the natural social imperative -- 1. Globalization takes root -- 2. Tracing the roots of globalization -- Part II. Trade: a historical perspective -- 3. The beginning of recorded trade -- 4. The age of exploration -- Part III. Building blocks of globalization -- 5. The first global products -- 6. Ancient societal infrastructures originating in and supporting commercialism -- 7. Mediums of exchange and financial instruments -- Part IV. Collateral influences on global commercialization -- 8. Religion and the exchange process -- 9. The influence of government on global trade and ancient secular, commercial, and legal regulations -- Notes -- References -- Index. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910828580203321 |
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Beer Lawrence A.
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| New York, New York (222 East 46th Street, New York, NY 10017) : , : Business Expert Press, , 2015 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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