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Alternative Exchanges: Second-Hand Circulations from the Sixteenth Century to the Present

Alternative Exchanges: Second-Hand Circulations from the Sixteenth Century to the Present

Hardcover

Series: International Studies in Social History, Book 10

Business GeneralEconomicsGeneral World History

ISBN10: 1845452453
ISBN13: 9781845452452
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Published: Apr 1 2008
Pages: 280
Weight: 1.20
Height: 0.69 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

Exchanges have always had more than economic significance: values circulate and encounters become institutionalized. This volume explores the changing meaning of the circulation of second-hand goods from the Renaissance to today, and thereby examines the blurring of boundaries between market, gifts, and charity. It describes the actors of the market - official entities such as corporations, recognized professions, and established markets but also the subterranean circulation that develops around the need for money. The complex layers that not only provide for numerous intermediaries but also include the many men and women who, as sellers or buyers, use these circulations on countless occasions are also examined.

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