Alternative Exchanges

Second-Hand Circulations from the Sixteenth Century to the Present

Laurence Fontaine editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Berghahn Books

Published:1st Apr '08

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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 complex layers that not only provide for numerous intermediaries but also include the many men and women who, as sellers or buyers, use these circulations on countless occasions are also examined.

“[This volume] gathers a rich collection of rigorous essays based on case studies. The topics selected exemplify the recent trends in social history, which reveal new areas for research.  ·  Sixteenth Century Journal

…this volume offers an array of insights into the multifaceted means employed to construct material advantage…and into a creative management that took many forms and varied across time.  ·  Journal of Social History

ISBN: 9781845452452

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 508g

280 pages