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Secondhand : travels in the new global garage sale / Adam Minter.

by Minter, Adam, 1970-

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Bloomsbury Publishing, 2019.

Minter, Adam, 1970- -- Travel.

Secondhand trade.

Sales personnel -- Biography -- Anecdotes.

9781635570106 (hc.)

Alternate title:

Second hand : travels in the new global garage sale

xix, 299 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [283]-291) and index.

"In Secondhand, journalist Adam Minter takes us on an unexpected adventure into the often-hidden, multibillion-dollar industry of reuse: thrift stores in the American Southwest to vintage shops in Tokyo, flea markets in Southeast Asia to used-goods enterprises in Ghana, and more. Along the way, Minter meets the fascinating people who handle-and profit from-our rising tide of discarded stuff, and asks a pressing question: In a world that craves shiny and new, is there room for it all? Secondhand offers hopeful answers and hard truths. A history of the stuff we've used and a contemplation of why we keep buying more, it also reveals the marketing practices, design failures, and racial prejudices that push used items into landfills instead of new homes. Secondhand shows us that it doesn't have to be this way, and what really needs to change to build a sustainable future free of excess stuff."--From publisher.

Travel writing.

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