Traders and tinkers : bazaars in the global economy

Author/Creator:

Deka, Maitrayee, author

Publication/Creation:

Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2023

Format:

Book

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Additional/Related Title Information

Full Title:

Traders and tinkers : bazaars in the global economy / Maitrayee Deka

Series Titles:

Culture and economic life
Culture and economic life.

Subjects/Genre

Subjects:

Bazaars (Markets)--India--Delhi
Street vendors--India--Delhi
Tinkers--India--Delhi
Globalization--Economic aspects--India--Delhi
Delhi (India)--Economic conditions--21st century

Description/Summary

Table of Contents:

Bazaar aesthetics, commerce and commons -- Bazaar pricing and bargaining -- Bazaar tinkering, jugaad and popular knowledge -- Bazaar ethics and a common human condition -- Bazaar platforms : encounters with a new competitor.

Bibliography:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Summary:

"The term 'tinker' calls to mind nomadic medieval vendors who operate on the fringe of formal society. Excluded from elite circles and characterized by an ability to leverage minimal resources, these tradesmen live and die by their ability to adapt their stores to the popular tastes of the day. In Delhi in the 21st century, an extensive network of informal marketplaces, or bazaars, have evolved over the course of the city's history, across colonial and postcolonial regimes, and their resilience as an economic system is the subject of this book. Today, instead of mending and selling fabrics and pots, these street vendors are primarily associated with electronic products--computers, cell phones, motherboards, and video games. This book offers a deep ethnography of three Delhi bazaars, and a cast of tinkers, traders, magicians, street performers, and hackers who work there. It is an exploration, and recognition, of the role of bazaars and tinkers in the modern global economy, driving globalization from below. In Delhi, and across the world, these street markets work to create a new information society, as the global popular classes aspire to elite consumer goods they cannot afford except in counterfeit"--

Language:

English

Physical Type/Description:

xiv, 230 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Additional Identifiers

Catalog ID (MMSID):

9937784289202486

ISBN:

9781503635333
1503635333
9781503636002
1503636003

OCLC Number:

1337403666

Barcode:

010003566432