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Economies of Recycling: The Global Transformation of Materials, Values and Social Relations
Catherine Alexander
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Description for Economies of Recycling: The Global Transformation of Materials, Values and Social Relations
Paperback. Following global material chains, this groundbreaking book reveals astonishing connections between persons, households, cities and global regions as objects are reworked, taken to pieces and traded. Editor(s): Alexander, Catherine; Reno, Joshua. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations, maps, figures. BIC Classification: KCN; RNH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 137 x 18. Weight in Grams: 438.
For some, recycling is a big business; for others a moralised way of engaging with the world. But, for many, this is a dangerous way of earning a living. With scrap now being the largest export category from the US to China, the sheer scale of this global trade has not yet been clearly identified or analysed. Combining fine-grained ethnographic analysis with overviews of international material flows, Economies of Recycling radically changes the way we understand global and local economies as well as the new social relations and identities created by recycling processes. Following global material chains, this groundbreaking ... Read more
For some, recycling is a big business; for others a moralised way of engaging with the world. But, for many, this is a dangerous way of earning a living. With scrap now being the largest export category from the US to China, the sheer scale of this global trade has not yet been clearly identified or analysed. Combining fine-grained ethnographic analysis with overviews of international material flows, Economies of Recycling radically changes the way we understand global and local economies as well as the new social relations and identities created by recycling processes. Following global material chains, this groundbreaking ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Weight
439g
Number of Pages
312
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781780321943
SKU
V9781780321943
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99-1
About Catherine Alexander
Catherine Alexander is a professor of anthropology at Durham University. Joshua Reno is an assistant professor of anthropology at Binghamton University.
Reviews for Economies of Recycling: The Global Transformation of Materials, Values and Social Relations
In this superb collection, what had been dismissed as mere waste or simple recycling is found to be immensely productive in the creation of a second tranche of commodities, complex labour relations, new global linkages, the creation of value and highly sophisticated analysis and theory. Only from this point can debate on these topics be genuinely called informed.
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