When Culture Goes to Market - Space, Place, and Identity in an Urban Marketplace (Hardcover, New edition)

When Culture Goes to Market encompasses an ethnographic study of Washington, DC's Eastern Market, a popular weekend produce and flea market, and the people who constitute it: vendors, market supervisors, and customers. By analyzing how this marketplace, in contrast to theoretical notions of «The Market, functions as a social institution embedded in a particular time, place, and series of social relationships, Shepherd examines how urban public space is produced, reproduced, and shaped by larger economic and social processes. In doing so, he explores the practical limits to formalized bureaucratic planning in the success of this street market. Crossing disciplinary boundaries, When Culture Goes to Market is an excellent practical case study for courses in urban planning, microeconomics, cultural studies, urban and economic anthropology, and sociology.

General

Imprint:	Peter Lang Publishing
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	December 2007
First published:	2008
Authors:	Robert J. Shepherd
Dimensions:	230 x 160 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages:	173
Edition:	New edition
ISBN-13:	978-1-4331-0194-6
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > General Books > Earth & environment > Geography > Regional geography Books > Earth & environment > Geography > Human geography > Political geography Books > Earth & environment > Regional & area planning > Urban & municipal planning > General
LSN:	1-4331-0194-7
Barcode:	9781433101946

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