Claudio E. Benzecry, "The Perfect Fit: Creative Work in the Global Shoe Industry" (U Chicago Press, 2022)
New Books in Anthropology
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Is There Something Different About China?
There's something of like the long term investment in craft that makes it different. And then what I know from talking to people here that have more continuous access during the pandemic. It's something that I noticed in China already which is Chinese capital capitalist are already investing elsewhere. There's another place they have good relatively good leather close by with a small sort of history of local practices in generating shoes. In the release book there's a lot of investment of China in Africa at large and so that was the thing that was fascinating, how to move production from China while keeping it Chinese if you wish.
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