Khanna, Meesha

How were the first cars like? and other questions about inventions / Meesha Khanna. - New Delhi : Dreamland, 2011. - 504 p.: 26 cm. - I want to know about; 5 .

Includes bibliographic references and index

Coordination in the economy -- Markets in social life -- Forms of markets -- Order out of standard offers -- Order out of status -- Making and controlling markets -- Conclusion and future research.

Our lives have gradually become dominated by markets. They are not only at the heart of capitalistic economies all over the world, but also central in public debates. This insightful book brings together existing knowledge on markets from sociology, economics, and anthropology, and systematically investigates the different forms of markets we encounter daily in our social lives.


English

978-81-8451-033-1


Capitalism--Social aspects
Economics--Sociological aspects
Markets--Social aspects
Clothing trade--Social aspects
Fashion merchandising--Social aspects
Industrial sociology

608 K52c