Petty capitalists and globalization flexibility, entrepreneurship, and economic development / edited by Alan Smart and Josephine Smart.

Other author Smart, Alan.
Other author Smart, Josephine.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoAlbany : State University of New York Press,
Descriptionvii, 317 p. ; 24 cm.
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SeriesSUNY series in anthropological studies of contemporary issues
Contents Introduction / Alan Smart and Josephine Smart -- Petty production : the enduring alternative / Hill Gates -- Movers and fixers : historical forms of exploitation and the marketing of a regional economy in Spain / Gavin Smith and Susana Narotzky -- Flexibility for whom? : small-scale garment manufacturing in rural Mexico / Frances Abrahamer Rothstein -- Capitalism from below? : small firms, petty capitalists and regional transformations in Eastern Europe / Adrian Smith -- Global market and local concerns : petty capitalists in the Brianza / Simone Ghezzi -- They were promised a rosegarden : reunification and globalization in small- and medium-sized firms in eastern Germany / Hans Buechler and Judith-Maria Buechler -- New firm formation and technical upgrading in the Taiwanese semiconductor industry : is petty commodity production still relevant to high-technology development? / Jinn-yuh Hsu -- Toward a (proper) postwar history of Asian petty capitalism : predation, the state, and Chinese small business capital in Malaysia / Donald M. Nonini -- Labour standard regulation and the modernization of small-scale carpet production in Kathmandu, Nepal / Tom O'Neill -- Fair(er) trade for global markets : capitalizing on work alternatives in crafts in the rural Philippines / B. Lynne Milgram -- The moral significance of petty capitalism / Michael Blim.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 271-305) and index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2004008051
ISBN0791463990 (hardcover : alk. paper)

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