TY - BOOK ID - 142831298 TI - Globalization from below : the world's other economy AU - Alba Vega, Carlos. AU - Mathews, Gordon. AU - Ribeiro, Gustavo Lins. PY - 2012 SN - 1136256067 0415535093 1283586037 9786613898487 0203106008 1136256075 PB - Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, DB - UniCat KW - Small business. KW - Globalization. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:142831298 AB - This book explores globalization as actually experienced by most of the world's people, buying goods from street vendors brought by traders moving past borders and across continents under the radar of the law. The dimensions and practices of 'globalization from below' are depicted and analyzed in detail by a team of international scholars. Topics covered include the 'New Silk Road', African traders in China, street hawking in Calcutta and pirate CDs in Mexico. The chapters provide intimate portrayals of routes, markets and people in locations across the globe and explore theories that can h ER -