Market Society: Markets and Modern Social Theory Playmore Tree-ear is elated — until

Tree-ear is elated — until he finds obstacles in his path: the backbreaking labor of digging and hauling clay

Almost all of the stories appear in English translation for the first time

During the Vietnam War

to years spent as a near-feral orphan in a crime-riddled city

three lives become dangerously intertwined

Market Society: Markets and Modern Social Theory Playmore Tree-ear is elated — untilMarket Society provides an original and accessible review of changing conceptions of the market in modern social thought. The book considers markets as social institutions rather than simply formal models, arguing that modern ideas of the market are based on critical notions of social order, social action and social relations. Examining a range of perspectives on the market from across different social science disciplines, Market Society surveys a