Secondhand travels in the new global garage sale
"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, Mint...
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| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Secondhand : |b travels in the new global garage sale / |c Adam Minter. |
| 246 | 3 | |a Second hand : |b travels in the new global garage sale. | |
| 264 | 1 | |a New York : |b Bloomsbury Publishing, |c 2019. | |
| 300 | |a xix, 299 pages : |b illustrations ; |c 25 cm | ||
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| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (pages [283]-291) and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a 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. | |
| 520 | |a "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?"-- |c Publisher marketing. | ||
| 650 | 0 | |a Secondhand trade. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Consumer behavior. | |
| 600 | 1 | 0 | |a Minter, Adam, |d 1970- |x Travel. |
| 650 | 0 | |a Sales personnel |v Biography |v Anecdotes. | |
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