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Knowles, Caroline, 1954-

Flip-flop : a journey through globalisation's backroads / Caroline Knowles. - 1 online resource (x, 217 pages) : illustrations, maps - Anthropology, culture and society . - Anthropology, culture, and society. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Navigating the territories of the trail -- Oil : maps beneath the sand -- Choreographies of petrochemistry -- Plastic city -- Plastic village -- Making flip-flops -- Logistics, borderlands and uncertain landings -- Markets -- Urban navigation in flip-flops -- Rubbish -- Globalisation revisited.

By tracing the footprint of a unremarkable object across the globe, this book provides new ways of thinking about globalisation.

ISBN: 9781783711505 (PDF eBook) 1783711507 (PDF eBook) 9781783711512 (EPUB eBook) 1783711515 (EPUB eBook) 9781783711529 (Kindle eBook) 1783711523 (Kindle eBook) (hardback) (hardback) (paperback) (paperback)

Source: 22573/ctt183hqs9 JSTOR

LCCN: 2014415802

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 017876745 Uk

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Plastic footwear industry.
Thongs (Sandals)
Globalization.
Chaussures en plastique--Industrie.
Tongs (Chaussures)
Mondialisation.
thongs (footwear)
globalism.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS--Industries--General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Globalization.
Globalization.
Plastic footwear industry.
Thongs (Sandals)
Globalisierung
Flip-Flop

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: HD9662.F642 / K56 2014

Dewey Class. No.: 338.4/76853