The Panama Hat Trail

Critically acclaimed author Tom Miller reveals the making and marketing of one Panama hat, from the straw fields of Ecuador's coastal lowland to a hat shop in Southern California. Along the way, the hat becomes a literary device allowing Miller to give us his impressions from the tributaries of...

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Main Author Miller, Tom
Format eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Tucson University of Arizona Press 2017
Edition1
Subjects
Description and travel
Ecuador
Ecuador-Description and travel
Ecuador-Social life and customs
Essays & Travelogues
Hat trade
Hat trade-Ecuador
History
Language & Literature
Miller, Tom, 1947
Social life and customs
Sociology
TRAVEL
Travel-Ecuador
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Summary:Critically acclaimed author Tom Miller reveals the making and marketing of one Panama hat, from the straw fields of Ecuador's coastal lowland to a hat shop in Southern California. Along the way, the hat becomes a literary device allowing Miller to give us his impressions from the tributaries of the Amazon to the mountainsides of the Andes.The Panama Hat Trailis at once a study in global economics and a lively travelogue.
ISBN:0816535876
9780816535873