Secondhand : travels in the new global garage sale / Adam Minter.
"In Secondhand, journalist Adam Minter takes us on an unexpected adventure into the often-hidden, multibillion-dollar industry of reuse: thrift stores in the American Southwest to vintage shops in Tokyo, flea markets in Southeast Asia to used-goods enterprises in Ghana, and more. Along the way, Minter meets the fascinating people who handle-and profit from-our rising tide of discarded stuff, and asks a pressing question: In a world that craves shiny and new, is there room for it all?"-- Publisher marketing.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781635570106
- ISBN: 1635570107
- Physical Description: xix, 299 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Publisher: New York : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2019.
- Copyright: ©2019
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [283]-291) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Preface: the donation door -- Empty the nest -- Decluttering -- The flood -- The good stuff -- Danshari -- Our warehouse is a four-bedroom house -- Frayed below the stitch -- Good as new -- Enough to sell -- And it lasts forever -- A rich person's broken thing -- More suitcases. |
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Subject: | Secondhand trade. Consumer behavior. Minter, Adam, 1970- > Travel. Sales personnel > Biography > Anecdotes. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Kirtland Community College.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Kirtland Community College Library | HF 5482 .M56 2019 | 30775305549397 | General Collection | Available | - |