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1 online resource (1 audio file (10hr., 03 min.)) : digital. |
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digital digital recording rda |
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data file rda |
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Digital content provided by hoopla. |
| Performer |
Read by Daniel Henning. |
| Summary |
When you drop a box of unwanted items off at the local thrift store, where do they go? Probably across the country-or even halfway across the world-to people and places eager to reuse what you don't want. In Secondhand, Adam Minter delves into the vast, multibillion-dollar industry that resells used stuff around the world. He follows the trail of unwanted objects from the closets, garages, and storage units of Middle America to epic used-goods markets in Canada, Mexico, Japan, Ghana, India, Malaysia, and beyond. Secondhand takes us through the often painful and heartbreaking process of cleaning out a lifetime's worth of possessions and shows that used stuff still has a place in a world that values the new and shiny-it entertains us, makes fortunes, fulfills needs, and transforms the way we live and work. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Subject |
Secondhand trade.
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Consumer behavior.
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Minter, Adam, 1970- -- Travel.
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Sales personnel -- Biography -- Anecdotes.
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| Added Author |
Henning, Daniel, narrator.
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hoopla digital.
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| Added Title |
Second hand : travels in the new global garage sale. |
| ISBN |
9781690581352 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
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1690581352 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
| Music No. |
MWT12748157 |
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