Flip-Flop - A Journey Through Globalisation's Backroads

An innovative and rigorous book.' Fred Halliday, Fortnight

Sommario

Acknowledgements Prologue 1 Navigating the Territories of the Trail 2 Oil - Maps Beneath the Sand 3 Choreographies of Petrochemistry 4 Plastic City 5 Plastic Village 6 Making Flip-Flops 7 Logistics, Borderlands and Uncertain Landings 8 Markets 9 Urban Navigation in Flip-Flops 10 Rubbish 11 Globalisation Revisited Notes Index

Info autore

Caroline Knowles is Professor of Sociology at Goldsmiths, University of London. She is the author of Flip-Flop: A Journey Through Globalisation's Backroads (Pluto, 2014).

Riassunto

By tracing the footprint of a unremarkable object across the globe, this book provides new ways of thinking about globalisation.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Caroline Knowles, Caroline (Goldsmiths Knowles, Knowles Caroline
• Editore: University Of Chicago Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 20.05.2014
• EAN: 9780745334127
• ISBN: 978-0-7453-3412-7
• Pagine: 217
• Dimensioni: 152 mm x 229 mm x 19 mm
• Serie: Anthropology, Culture and Society; Anthropology, Culture and Soci; Anthropology, Culture and Society; Anthropology, Culture and Soci
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia > Altro; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Arte > Architettura d'interni, design; Globalization, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Globalization, Anthropology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Material Culture