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Abstract
This article contributes to the understanding of one the links of the global economy
through a historical peculiarity: the "Pulga del Puente del Papa", or flea market in the
city of Monterrey, Mexico. This market is a case of "popular globalization".
merchandise manufactured in distant countries and utilized in others, is sold in the
"Pulga del Puente del Papa". to be reused by local consumers. The aim of this paper is
to reconstruct the historical process of consolidation of this market, and to demostrate
that it is a "commercial dispositive" that persists precisely because it is inserted into
the "global chain of merchandise". Within this famework, we ponder the interaction
between local and global process across the Mexico–U.S. border. Not only do we trace
the market's history, we describe its principal characteristics and provide examples of
the commercial dynamics and international circuits through which the "Pulga del
Puente del Papa" is supplied.