How Long to Read Global Markets and Local Crafts

How Long Does it Take to Read Global Markets and Local Crafts?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 41 minutes to read Global Markets and Local Crafts by Frederick F. Wherry

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Today it is not uncommon to find items in department stores that are hand-crafted in countries like Thailand and Costa Rica. These "traditional" crafts now make up an important part of a global market. They support local and sometimes national economies and help create and solidify cultural identity. But these crafts are not necessarily indigenous. Whereas Thailand markets crafts with a long history and cultural legacy, Costa Rica has created a local handicraft tradition where none was known to exist previously. In Global Markets and Local Crafts, Frederick F. Wherry compares the handicraft industries of Thailand and Costa Rica to show how local cultural industries break into global markets and, conversely, how global markets affect the ways in which artisans understand, adapt, and utilize their cultural traditions. Wherry develops a new framework for studying globalization by considering the phenomenon from the perspective of the supplier instead of the market. Drawing from interviews and extensive fieldwork shadowing artisans and exporters in their daily dealings, Wherry offers a rare account of globalization in motion—and what happens when market negotiations do not proceed as planned. Considering economic and political forces, flows of people and materials, and frames that define cultural and market situations as they play out in the artisan communities of these two countries, Wherry uncovers how authentic folk tradition is capitalized or created.

How long is Global Markets and Local Crafts?

Global Markets and Local Crafts by Frederick F. Wherry is 216 pages long, and a total of 55,296 words.

This makes it 73% the length of the average book. It also has 68% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Global Markets and Local Crafts Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 2 minutes to read Global Markets and Local Crafts aloud.

What Reading Level is Global Markets and Local Crafts?

Global Markets and Local Crafts is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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