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From Goodwill to grunge
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ISBN: 146963192X 1469631911 9781469631912 9781469631929 9781469631899 146963189X 9781469631905 1469631903 9798890850225 Year: 2017 Publisher: Chapel Hill

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In this surprising new look at how clothing, style, and commerce came together to change American culture, Jennifer Le Zotte examines how the selling of secondhand goods came to be both profitable and culturally influential. Considering buyers and sellers from across the political and economic spectrum, Le Zotte shows how conservative and progressive social activists shrewdly used the exchange of secondhand goods for economic and political ends.

Charity shops
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ISBN: 0415257247 0203283015 113886398X 0203167457 1134517831 1280047003 9780203167458 9780415257244 9786610047000 6610047006 9781134517831 9781134517787 1134517785 9781134517824 1134517823 9781138863989 Year: 2002 Publisher: London New York Routledge

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In the late 1990s, there was a distinct rise in interest in the non-profit sector, and in retailing and consumption. Drawing together these two concerns this book provides a comprehensive and international account of the retail charity sector.Charity shops are now significant occupiers of the UK high street, and are becoming familiar sites of consumption in the USA, Australia, Canada and Ireland. This volume provides the first overview of the history and development of the charity shop, incorporating material from a variety of disciplines, including marketing, retailing, cultural st

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