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181. A Living of Words: American Women
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182. Hosts and Guests: The Anthropology
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183. Chokepoints: Maritime Economic
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184. Salaula : The World of Secondhand
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185. The Feminist Dollar: The Wise
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186. Los Capitalistas: Hispano Merchants
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187. Booking Pleasures
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188. Developing Agricultural Trade:
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189. The Saxophone in Advertising (Markt-Management,
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190. The United States and the African
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191. American Wholesalers and Distributors
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192. Trade and Dependence
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193. Exchange Rate Policies, Prices
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194. Financial and Consultancy Services
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195. Urban Transportation Problem (Rand
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196. Medical Informatics : Knowledge
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197. Perspectives on the Informal Economy
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198. Global Competition Between and
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199. Impacts and Risk Assessment of
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181. A Living of Words: American Women in Print Culture
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Asin: 0870498673
Catlog: Book (1995-03-01)
Publisher: University of Tennessee Press
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182. Hosts and Guests: The Anthropology of Tourism
by Valene L. Smith
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Asin: 0812212800
Catlog: Book (1989-03-01)
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Sales Rank: 562186
Average Customer Review: 4 out of 5 stars
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4-0 out of 5 stars A groundbreaking study
Anthropology really needed this book: after decades of ignoring the interractions between hosts and guests, a book that bridges the gap has become especially necessary. Although written in 1977, and a little theoretically dated, the book provided a sound foundation for more recent (but equally readable and enjoyable) anthropological anthologies of tourism (see, for example, Greg Ringer's "Destinations: cultural landscapes of tourism").

This book details in diverse localities, from Eskimo communities to Polynesia, the complex interractions between traveller and local, between the observers and the observed. A carefully written, edited, and nuanced book. ... Read more


183. Chokepoints: Maritime Economic Concerns in Southeast Asia
by John Halvard Noer
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Asin: 0788140256
Catlog: Book (1997-05-01)
Publisher: Diane Pub Co
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184. Salaula : The World of Secondhand Clothing and Zambia
by Karen Tranberg Hansen
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Asin: 0226315800
Catlog: Book (2000-08-01)
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
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When we donate our unwanted clothes to charity, we rarely think about what will happen to them: who will sort and sell them, and finally, who will revive and wear them. In this fascinating look at the multibillion dollar secondhand clothing business, Karen Tranberg Hansen takes us around the world from the West, where clothing is donated, through the salvage houses in North America and Europe, where it is sorted and compressed, to Africa, in this case, Zambia. There it enters the dynamic world of Salaula, a Bemba term that means "to rummage through a pile."

Essential for the African economy, the secondhand clothing business is wildly popular, to the point of threatening the indigenous textile industry. But, Hansen shows, wearing secondhand clothes is about much more than imitating Western styles. It is about taking a garment and altering it to something entirely local, something that adheres to current cultural norms of etiquette. By unraveling how these garments becomes entangled in the economic, political, and cultural processes of contemporary Zambia, Hansen also raises provocative questions about environmentalism, charity, recycling, and thrift.


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5-0 out of 5 stars Consumers as active participants
The author, an anthropologist, explores the phenomenon of second-hand clothes being exported from the West into Zambia, where they are sold on as "luxury goods". She argues against the idea that this is a North-South neo-colonial or aid transaction, asserting that Zambians are not just passive recipients of recycled clothes, but active consumers making informed (or at least broadly understood) cultural choices. She also explores how clothes, as cultural signifiers, give the wearer meaning in the specific Zambian social context. She also identifies reasons why people choose salaula and its impact on culture and "modernization" in Zambia Hansen explains the whole commodity chain of procurement, distribution and consumption of second-hand clothes. The reader may be surprised to learn that clothes given away to charities may be sold to exporters for resale in developing countries at all. ... Read more


185. The Feminist Dollar: The Wise Woman's Buying Guide
by Phyllis A. Katz, Margaret Katz, Plenum Pr
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Asin: 0306455633
Catlog: Book (1997-05)
Publisher: Plenum Publishing Corporation
Sales Rank: 1138249
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For those who want to support women's rights with their purchasing power, Phyllis A. Katz, Ph.D. and Margaret Katz (mother and daughter) investigated over 400 companies around the world to find out which corporations and countries support women's rights. Looking at statistics such as quality of benefits and women occupying top positions, the Katzes apply FEM (Feminist Evaluation Measure) ratings to determine who's deserving of business support. Among mailing services, for example, Federal Express easily outranks DHL, Airborne Express, and UPS. Consumer clout is an oft-neglected power, so it's exciting to have the information at hand that will assist expressing your views. ... Read more


186. Los Capitalistas: Hispano Merchants and the Santa Fe Trade
by Susan Calafate Boyle, Susan C. Boyle
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Asin: 0826317898
Catlog: Book (1997-05-01)
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
Sales Rank: 1739078
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This volume recounts the little-known history of Hispano merchants in the Santa Fe trade during the nineteenth century. Contrary to ethnic stereotypes, Hispanos were ambitious, savvy businessmen who practiced the most modern methods of international finance. Their complex transactions linked Santa Fe with Chihuahua City, St. Louis, New Orleans, Philadelphia, New York, London, and Paris. New Mexican merchants like millionaire Felipe Chávez were major figures in the Santa Fe trade until the coming of the railroad in 1880. The practices of Chávez and his competitors convincingly demonstrate why they referred to themselves as "los capitalistas."

In addition to maps illustrating the international network of the Santa Fe trade, five appendices present data of interest to historians and genealogists, including Mexican merchants who received commercial passports from the Santa Fe customs house, and census data from 1860 and 1870 on Hispano and non-Hispano merchants and freighters. ... Read more


187. Booking Pleasures
by Jack Matthews
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Asin: 0821411292
Catlog: Book (1996-01-01)
Publisher: Ohio University Press
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188. Developing Agricultural Trade: New Roles for Government in Poor Countries
by Mike Hubbard, Marisol Smith, Frank Ellis, Gideon Onumah, Andrew Shepherd, Peter Lewa, Renu Kohli
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Asin: 0333736192
Catlog: Book (2003-03-01)
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
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Governments worldwide are seeking to liberalize agricultural trade, and to change their role from one of controlling trade and prices. Instead these governments seek new roles in encouraging market developments, ensuring quality, and providing food security by giving income assistance rather than controlling food supplies. The issue of how this process is being managed in developing countries is the focus of this book. A series of case studies including India, Sri Lanka, Ghana, Zimbabwe, Kenya, and Ivory Coast highlights the individuality of approaches and the varying capability and will of governments to take on these new roles.
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189. The Saxophone in Advertising (Markt-Management, Bd. 5)
by Axel Eggert, Melanie Vockeroth
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Asin: 3631506791
Catlog: Book (2004-01-01)
Publisher: Peter Lang Publishing
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190. The United States and the African Slave Trade : 1619-1862 (Hoover Institution Studies)
by Peter Duignan, Clarence Clendenen
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Asin: 0313200092
Catlog: Book (1978-02-24)
Publisher: Greenwood Press Reprint
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This work is not intended to be a history of the slave trade, but rather to show that the slave trade was an important economic and cultural factor in the formative days of the U.S. ... Read more


191. American Wholesalers and Distributors Directory (American Wholesalers and Distributors Directory, 12th ed)
by Amanda C. Quick
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Asin: 0787659274
Catlog: Book (2002-11-01)
Publisher: Gale Group
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192. Trade and Dependence
by Sunanda Sen
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Catlog: Book (2000-06)
Publisher: SAGE Publications
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193. Exchange Rate Policies, Prices and Supply-Side Response : A Study of Transitional Economies
by Christos Papazoglou, Eric J. Pentecost
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Catlog: Book (2001-08-11)
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
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This book, based upon a large-scale research project, examines alternative types of exchange rate policies being pursued and the changing nature of exchange rate policy during the transition process in four countries--Slovenia, Bulgaria, Poland, and the Czech Republic. The book brings together a series of original contributions by country experts and draws out some common themes and over-arching policy implications for the operation of exchange rate policy in the transition process.
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194. Financial and Consultancy Services : Issues in International Trade (Indo-Dutch Studies on Development Alternatives series)
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Catlog: Book (2000-06-22)
Publisher: SAGE Publications
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Financial and consultancy services play a crucial role in the process of economic development. This book discusses: the contribution of these sectors to economic growth in India and internationally; policy options for optimal utilization of the international division of labour; and the scope for South-South and North-South co-operation. ... Read more


195. Urban Transportation Problem (Rand Corporation Research Center Studies)
by John R. Meyer
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Catlog: Book (1965-06-01)
Publisher: Harvard University Press
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196. Medical Informatics : Knowledge Management and Data Mining in Biomedicine (Integrated Series in Information Systems)
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Catlog: Book (2005-06)
Publisher: Springer
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Medical Informatics: Knowledge Management and Data Mining in Biomedicine covers the basic foundations of the area while extending the foundational material to include the recent leading-edge research in the field. The newer concepts, techniques, and practices of biomedical knowledge management and data mining are introduced and examined in detail. It is the research and applications in these areas that are raising the technical horizons and expanding the utility of informatics to an increasing number of biomedical professionals and researchers.  These concepts and techniques are illustrated with detailed case studies.

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197. Perspectives on the Informal Economy
by M. Estellie Smith
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Catlog: Book (1990-06-29)
Publisher: University Press of America
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This collection of current research in the field of economic anthropology grew out of a conference held in April of 1989. The papers included here investigate and analyze the informal economy, that is, those activities that have economic consequences but have been ignored or missed by economists and governing officials. Contents: Introduction: "A Million Here, A Million There, and Pretty Soon You're Talking Real Money," by M. Estellie Smith; The Informal Sector in Comparative Perspective, Bryan Roberts; The Informal Economy and the State in Tanzania, Aili Mari Tripp; Informal Sector Housing: Social Structure and the State in Brazil, William P. Norris; Macrotheories, Microcontexts, and the Informal Sector; Case Studies of Self-Employment in Three Brazilian Cities, Leo A. Despres; Popular Religion, Patronage, and Resource Distribution in Brazil: A Model of an Hypothesis for the Survival of the Economically Marginal, Sidney M. Greenfield and Russell R. Prust; Crisis and Sector in Oaxaca, Mexico: A Comparison of Households 1977-87, Arthur D. Murphy and Martha W. Rees; The Need for a Reevaluation of the Concept "Informal Sector": The Dominican Case, Martin F. Murphy; Community Growth Versus Simply Surviving; The Informal Sectors of Cubans and Haitians in Miami, Alex Stepick; Economic Crisis and the Informal Street Market System of Spain, Anthony Oliver-Smith; Black Markets and Welfare in Scandinavia; Some Methodological and Empirical Issues, Gunnar Viby Mogensen; Self-Employment vs. Wage Employment in Hong Kong: A Reconsideration of the Urban Informal Economy, Josephine Smart; Hidden Dimensions of the Burmese Way to Socialism, Nicola Tannenbaum and E. Paul Durrenberger; Bundles of Assets in Exchanges: Integrating the Formal and Informal in Canal Irrigation, Robert C. Hunt; A Cross-Cultural Treatment of the Informal Economy, Rhoda H. Halperin and Sara Sturdevant; Index. ... Read more


198. Global Competition Between and Within Standards : The Case of Mobile Phones
by Jeffrey L. Funk
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Asin: 033397039X
Catlog: Book (2002-01-12)
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
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This book shows how the hybrid model, which uses both market and committee mechanisms, explains standard setting and firm competition in the mobile communications industry. The hybrid model explains why certain mobile communication standards like GSM have become global standards while others, for example digital standards supposed by US firms, have not become global standards. The hybrid model also explains why Nokia is the leading producer of mobile phones and Ericsson the leading producer of mobile infrastructure.
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199. Impacts and Risk Assessment of Technology for Internet Security : Enabled Information Small-Medium Enterprises (TEISMES) (Advances in Information Security)
by Charles A. Shoniregun
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Asin: 0387243437
Catlog: Book (2005-07)
Publisher: Springer
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The explosive popularity of the Internet as a business tool has created a new type of economy, which is called Technology-Enabled Information Economy (TEI).  Impacts and Risk Assessment of Technology for Internet Security Enabled Information Small-Medium Enterprises (TEISMES) investigates TEI, discovering the opportunities and challenges presented by TEI to the new form of small medium enterprises (SME).  This emerging economy is bringing with it new forms of TEI intermediation, online businesses, virtual supply chains, rapidly changing internet-electronic commerce technologies, increasing knowledge intensity, and unprecedented sensitivity of the time-to-market by customers.  Impacts and Risk Assessment of Technology for Internet Security Enabled Information Small-Medium Enterprises (TEISMES) also identifies ways of minimizing risk liability of TEISME business operations as a result of their dependence on TEI (Internet-eC).  The rapid evolution and spread of information technology (IT) during the last few years is challenging SMEs, governments and internet security professionals to rethink the very nature of risk exposure. Impacts and Risk Assessment of Technology for Internet Security Enabled Information Small-Medium Enterprises (TEISMES) is designed for a professional audience of researchers and practitioners in industry.  This book is also suitable for graduate-level students in computer science.  ... Read more


200. Market Orientation in Food and Agriculture
by K.G. Grunert, Hanne Hartvig Larsen, Tage Koed Madsen, Allan Baadsgaard
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Catlog: Book (1995-11-30)
Publisher: Springer
Sales Rank: 3267185
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What is market orientation in the food sector, and how can foodcompanies become more market-oriented? This book investigates thesequestions through an empirical study of selected Danish food companiesand their activities in three important export markets: France,Germany, and the United Kingdom. The book is divided into three sections. The first explores theconcept of market orientation and how it relates to developingcompetitive advantage. The second discusses in detail how marketknowledge can be gained, and the final section focuses on how thisknowledge, once generated, can be put to use in a food company duringprocess and product development. ... Read more


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