As China goes, so goes the world : how Chinese consumers are transforming everything / Karl Gerth.
2010
HC430.C6 G469 2010 (Mapit)
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Title
As China goes, so goes the world : how Chinese consumers are transforming everything / Karl Gerth.
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Edition
1st ed.
ISBN
9780809034291 (alk. paper)
0809034298 (alk. paper)
0809034298 (alk. paper)
Publication Details
New York : Hill and Wang, 2010.
Language
English
Description
vii, 258 p. ; 24 cm.
Call Number
HC430.C6 G469 2010
Dewey Decimal Classification
339.4/70951
Summary
Oxford historian Karl Gerth reveals why we should all care about the everyday choices made by ordinary Chinese. Chinese consumers are quickly replacing overspent Americans as the global economic engine, but in so doing they are dramatically reconfiguring the world economy in ways that may be impossible to reverse.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Table of Contents
No going back?
Who gets what?
Made in Taiwan
Standardizing abundance
Branding consumer consciousness
Living in a world of fakes
Extreme markets
Environmental implications.
Who gets what?
Made in Taiwan
Standardizing abundance
Branding consumer consciousness
Living in a world of fakes
Extreme markets
Environmental implications.