Flea Market Project, Appalachia, Mary LaLone

An ethnographic study of the socio-economics of flea marketing in Appalachian Southwestern Virginia conducted by a Radford University Economic Anthropology class research team.
The team's research findings were presented in a paper entitled Making a Buck: Social and Economic Adaptations in an Appalachian Flea Market, written for the 1993 Appalachian Studies Associations conference. To read the web publication of Making a Buck, click here: Making a Buck.pdf

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		An ethnographic study of the socio-economics of flea marketing in Appalachian Southwestern Virginia conducted by a Radford University Economic Anthropology class research team. The team's research findings were presented in a paper entitled Making a Buck: Social and Economic Adaptations in an Appalachian Flea Market, written for the 1993 Appalachian Studies Associations conference. To read the web publication of Making a Buck, click here: Making a Buck.pdf _________________________________________		The Flea Market Project was organized as an experiential learning project for the Fall 1991 Economic Anthropology class, then was carried on by the faculty-student research team during Spring-Fall 1992 as a Practicum in Anthropology class. The research team conducted an ethnographic study of flea marketing in Appalachian Southwest Virginia using interviewing, observation, participant-observation, censuses, and mapping fieldwork methods. Project Director: Dr. Mary LaLone 1991-92 Research Team: Elizabeth Godoy, Diane Halsall, and Deanna Matthews. Please cite all research from this web publication as: LaLone, Mary B., Elizabeth Godoy, Diane Halsall, and Deanna Matthews 1993 Making a Buck: Social and Economic Adaptations in an Appalachian Flea Market. Paper presented at the Appalachian Studies Association conference, Johnson City, TN, 1993. Radford, VA: Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Radford University. Electronic document: http://www.radford.edu/~mlalone/FleaMarketProj.htm.
		To read more about this experiential learning/research project see: LaLone, Mary B. 1994 "The Flea Market: An Economic Anthropology Class Project." Anthro Notes 16(2):14-15. National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution.
		Author: Mary B. LaLone, mlalone@radford.edu Radford University Please request permission before using photos from this site.