Social Life of Things: Commodities in Cultural Perspective

Arjun Appadurai

doi:10.1017/cbo9780511819582

Social Life of Things

Commodities in Cultural Perspective

Bibliographic Data

ID	20433984
Editors	Arjun Appadurai
Year	2014
Publication date	2014-01-01
Open Access	No
Type	BOOK
Reviewed by	The Social Life of Things: Commodities in Cultural Perspective, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, 1988
Reviewed by	The Social Life of Things: Commodities in Cultural Perspective, J Parry, 1988
Venue	Social Life of Things (SOURCE_BOOK)
Publisher	Cambridge University Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI	10.1017/cbo9780511819582
ISBN	9780511819582
Open Library	OL34481826M
Language	EN
Citations received	3,758

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Citation span	1969 - 2026 (58)
Highly cited	Yes