The Social Life of Things

The Social Life of Things

Commodities in Cultural Perspective

by Arjun Appadurai

329 pages· 1988· ISBN 9780521357265
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The contributors to this volume examine how things are sold and traded in a variety of social and cultural settings, both present and past. Bridging the disciplines of social history, cultural anthropology, and economics, the volume marks a major step in our understanding of the cultural basis of economic life and the sociology of culture.

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