{"product_id":"making-it-at-any-cost-9781477321058","title":"Making It at Any Cost","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn examination of the vast counterfeit clothing marketplace in Buenos Aires known as La Salada, this book is the first ethnographic study to examine how aspirations shape behaviors of workers in an informal and illegal economy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e[\u003ci\u003eMaking It at Any Cost\u003c\/i\u003e] is a sophisticated piece of ethnographic work, especially relevant for academic research focused on the study of urban economic structures in Latin American cities. Throughout the book, the well-structured analytical sequence and narrative followed by the author is captivating and manages to engage the reader in the everyday living of the inhabitants of La Salada. * European Review of Latin American and Caribbean Studies *\u003cbr\u003e[Dewey] demonstrates a clear attachment to both the location and his subjects and provides a rich description of their lives and their struggles...One of the core values of ethnographic research is an immersive and detailed depiction of a setting, and Dewey meets this objective. * American Journal of Sociology *\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMaking It at Any Cost\u003c\/i\u003e is a fantastic ethnographic work that enters into great detail without boring the reader, and without failing to acknowledge the importance of the broader spatial and historical context...\u003ci\u003eMaking It at Any Cost\u003c\/i\u003e is the best of all existing books on La Salada. Colleagues working on how social relations are governed in illegal marketplaces and on sweatshop economies producing fast fashion will most probably be left with pages of questions, answers, and doubts that will modify their research agendas. * Economic Sociology *\u003cbr\u003e[\u003ci\u003eMaking It at Any Cost\u003c\/i\u003e] is an important contribution to the role local economic practices play in organizing commitments, subjectivities, and personal trajectories, and marries European and US economic sociology with Latin American studies of urban and labor informality, aiming to expand some of its lessons beyond the site-specific characteristics of La Salada...The book calls our attention to the creativity, and resilience of subaltern agents in the global economy...This is an excellent book that uses creatively the case of La Salada to elegantly fill gaps in the US and European economic sociology scholarship, expending current understandings of morality in illegal and contested markets. As such, it would be a great addition to courses on informal markets, studies of morality, global chains, and Latin American urban studies. * Social Forces *\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMaking It at Any Cost\u003c\/i\u003e provides a nuanced account of a counterfeit market that reveals itself to be as rational, hardworking, and creative as any of its 'legal' counterparts in the global supply chain. In doing so, the book shows how actors themselves create order and sustained relationships precisely where the state’s presence is most attenuated and where distrust predominates...Future scholars will do well to return to this book. * Latin American Politics and Society *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaps\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Structure of La Salada Marketplace\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eList of La Salada Characters\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction: Aspirations amid Distrust\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart I: History, Place, and Politics \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 1. The Garment Market and the Marketplace\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 2. Governing La Salada\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 3. With God and the Devil\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart II: Prisoners of Aspirations \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 4. All I Want Is a Sweatshop\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 5. The Garment Entrepreneur at La Salada\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 6. Dynamics of Aspirations\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart III: Aspirations in Action \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 7. Narratives of Sacrifice and Autonomy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 8. Taste, Credit, and Bullets\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 9. Squatters, Cart-Pullers, and Demolition\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eConclusion\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEpilogue\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMethodological Appendix\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNotes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWorks Cited\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndex\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"University of Texas Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48885817999703,"sku":"9781477321058","price":31.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781477321058.jpg?v=1722537803","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/making-it-at-any-cost-9781477321058","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}