| Description |
1 online resource (x, 247 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Introduction: What Is Globalization from Below? -- Part One: Mapping Globalization from Below: Routes, Nodes, Laws -- 1. Following the New Silk Road Between Yiwu and Cairo -- 2. "they Come from China": Pirate Cds in Mexico in Transnational Perspective -- 3. Ciudad Del Este and Brazilian Circuits of Commercial Distribution -- 4. Neoliberalism and Globalization from Below in Chungking Mansions, Hong Kong -- 5. Illegalisms and the City of São Paulo -- Part Two: Embodying Globalization from Below: Entrepreneurs, Traders, Peddlers -- 6. Hong Kong Petty Capitalists Investing in China: Risk Tolerance, Uncertain Investment Environments, Success and Failure -- 7. from Secondhand Clothing to Cosmetics: How Philippine-hong Kong Entrepreneurs Fill Gaps in Cross-border Trade -- 8. Mexican "ant Traders" in the El Paso/ciudad Juárez Border Region: Tensions Between Globalization, Securitization and New Mobility Regimes -- 9. African Traders in Guangzhou: Routes, Reasons, Profits, Dreams -- 10. in the Shadow of the Mall: Street Hawking in Global Calcutta -- 11. Localism Meets Globalization at an American Street Market -- 12. Local Politics and Globalization from Below: the Peddler Leaders of Mexico City's Historic Center Streets -- Conclusion: Globalization from Below and the Non-hegemonic World-system |
| Summary |
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 help make sense of these complex and fascinating case studies. Students of globalization, economic anthropology and developing-world economics will find the book invaluable |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Small business.
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Globalization.
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globalism.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- International -- Economics.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- International -- General.
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Globalization
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Small business
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Mathews, Gordon.
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Ribeiro, Gustavo Lins.
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Alba Vega, Carlos
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| LC no. |
2012003472 |
| ISBN |
9780203106006 |
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0203106008 |
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9781136256073 |
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1136256075 |
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