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

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Alternative Exchanges: Second-Hand Circulations from the Sixteenth Century to the Present - Fontaine, Laurence (Editor)
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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 ...

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Alternative Exchanges: Second-Hand Circulations from the Sixteenth Century to the Present 2008, Berghahn Books, New York, NY

ISBN-13: 9781845452452

Hardcover