The Social Life of Things: Commodities in Cultural Perspective (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521357265)

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.

Author: Arjun Appadurai
ISBN-10: 0521357268
ISBN-13: 9780521357265
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 01/29/1988
Pages: 339
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.20lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.70d