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The Blackwell Cultural Economy Reader
Ash Amin (Ed.)
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Description for The Blackwell Cultural Economy Reader
Hardcover. Contains an introduction on the main strands and history of the cultural economy approach. This book shows how the pursuit of prosperity always involves multiple and hybrid orderings that cannot be reduced to either the terms culture or economy. It shows that thinking about cultural economy is a substantive task and a contribution to knowledge. Editor(s): Amin, Ash; Thrift, Nigel J. Num Pages: 448 pages, 7 illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 251 x 177 x 37. Weight in Grams: 938.
This Reader brings together the exciting and innovative work that has appeared in the last 10 years in the growing field of cultural economy. It contains a substantial introduction by the editors on the main strands and history of the cultural economy approach. It shows how the pursuit of prosperity always involves multiple and hybrid orderings that cannot be reduced to either the terms culture or economy. It shows that thinking about cultural economy is both a substantive task and a valuable contribution to knowledge. Material is organised around different links in the value chain.
This Reader brings together the exciting and innovative work that has appeared in the last 10 years in the growing field of cultural economy. It contains a substantial introduction by the editors on the main strands and history of the cultural economy approach. It shows how the pursuit of prosperity always involves multiple and hybrid orderings that cannot be reduced to either the terms culture or economy. It shows that thinking about cultural economy is both a substantive task and a valuable contribution to knowledge. Material is organised around different links in the value chain.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
Number of Pages
448
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780631234289
SKU
V9780631234289
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Ref
99-1
About Ash Amin (Ed.)
Ash Amin is Professor of Geography and Head of the Department of Geography at Durham University. Nigel Thrift is Professor of Geography in the School of Geographical Sciences at Bristol University.
Reviews for The Blackwell Cultural Economy Reader
"Even a good old Chicago School economist can find much in the book to widen her horizons. That 'the economy' is embedded in social relations and is linguistic and is ethical is obvious to any student of society. Yet Samuelsonian economics denies all this. The Reader should open eyes all round." Deirdre McCloskey, University of Illinois at Chicago ... Read more