The Social Life of Things: Commodities in Cultural Perspective
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The Social Life of Things: Commodities in Cultural Perspective
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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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