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Author:

Minter, Adam, 1970- author.

Title:

Secondhand : travels in the new global garage sale / Adam Minter.

Publisher:

Bloomsbury Publishing,

Copyright Date:

2019

Description:

xix, 299 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Subject:

Secondhand trade.
Consumer behavior.
Minter, Adam,--1970---Travel.
Sales personnel--Anecdotes.--Anecdotes.
Anecdotes.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [283]-291) and index.

Contents:

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.

ISBN:

1635570107
9781635570106

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1076498560

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