Domesticating the World: African Consumerism and the Genealogies of Globalization Volume 6

by Jeremy Prestholdt

Book Overview

This book boldly unsettles the idea of globalization as a recent phenomenon--and one driven solely by Western interests--by offering a compelling new perspective on global interconnectivity in the nineteenth century. Jeremy Prestholdt examines East African consumers' changing desires for material goods from around the world in an era of sweeping social and economic change. Exploring complex webs of local consumer demands that affected patterns of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520254236
• ISBN13: 9780520254237
• Release Date: January 2008
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"