Description |
xix, 299 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [283]-291) and index. |
Contents |
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. |
Summary |
"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. |
Subject |
Secondhand trade.
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Consumer behavior.
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Minter, Adam, 1970- -- Travel.
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Sales personnel -- Biography -- Anecdotes.
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Consumer behavior. (OCoLC)fst00876238
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Sales personnel. (OCoLC)fst01103846
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Secondhand trade. (OCoLC)fst01110628
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Travel. (OCoLC)fst01155558
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Genre/Form |
Autobiographies. (OCoLC)fst01919894
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Anecdotes. (OCoLC)fst01423876
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Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
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Autobiographies.
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Anecdotes.
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Added Title |
Secondhand |
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Second hand : travels in the new global garage sale. |
ISBN |
9781635570106 (hardcover) |
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1635570107 (hardcover) |
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9781635570120 eBook |
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