Nothing New: A History of Second-hand
Author: Annear, Robyn
ISBN: 9781922268303
Publisher: Text Publishing
Year First Published: 2019
Pages: 288
Dimensions: 216mm x 147mm x 28mm
Format: Hardback
Description
Robyn Annear lends her signature wit to this fantastic history of second-hand- from the origins of the op shop to eBay, up-cycling and how new became normal.
'Given the way we live now,' writes Robyn Annear, 'it would be easy to suppose that newness has always been venerated.' But as this wonderfully entertaining short history makes clear, modern consumerism is an aberration. Mostly, everyday objects-from cast-off cookware to clothing worn down to rags-have enjoyed long lives and the appreciation of serial owners.
Nothing New is itself an emporium- a treasure store of anecdotes and little-known facts that will intrigue and enlighten the devoted bargain-hunter and the dilettante browser alike.
ISBN: 9781922268303
Publisher: Text Publishing
Year First Published: 2019
Pages: 288
Dimensions: 216mm x 147mm x 28mm
Format: Hardback
Description
Robyn Annear lends her signature wit to this fantastic history of second-hand- from the origins of the op shop to eBay, up-cycling and how new became normal.
'Given the way we live now,' writes Robyn Annear, 'it would be easy to suppose that newness has always been venerated.' But as this wonderfully entertaining short history makes clear, modern consumerism is an aberration. Mostly, everyday objects-from cast-off cookware to clothing worn down to rags-have enjoyed long lives and the appreciation of serial owners.
Nothing New is itself an emporium- a treasure store of anecdotes and little-known facts that will intrigue and enlighten the devoted bargain-hunter and the dilettante browser alike.
