Petty Capitalists And Globalization
Subtitle: Flexibility, Entrepreneurship, And Economic Development (S U N Y Series in Anthropological Studies of Contemporary Issues)
Contributors: Alan Smart (Editor); Josephine Smart (Editor)
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: March 3, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 317
ISBN-13: 9780791463994
Subjects: Globalization; Third World Development; Industries - General; Economic aspects; Social Science; Business / Economics / Finance; Sociology; International trade; Anthropology - General; Developing Countries; Entrepreneurship; Small business
First sentence: This volume contends that while the enterprises operated by petty capitalists may be small, there is nothing petty about their significance for the operation of economies and for our understanding of contemporary societies, families, and localities.