This title examines the contributions of anthropologists to general economic theory. The contributors challenge our understanding of human economies in the expanding global systems of interaction, with models and analyses from cross-cultural research.
This title examines the contributions of anthropologists to general economic theory. The contributors challenge our understanding of human economies in the expanding global systems of interaction, with models and analyses from cross-cultural research.
This title examines the contributions of anthropologists to general economic theory. The contributors challenge our understanding of human economies in the expanding global systems of interaction, with models and analyses from cross-cultural research.
"The first part devoted to theory, and the second to fieldwork in Africa, this collection of essays on economic anthropology by nine French Marxists is concerned essentially with the investigation and analysis of precapitalist social and economic formations, through the modes of…
"The first part devoted to theory, and the second to fieldwork in Africa, this collection of essays on economic anthropology by nine French Marxists is concerned essentially with the investigation and analysis of precapitalist social and economic formations, through the modes of…
Reconciling Self-Interest and Selflessness P.78 The Problems of Structure and Agency P.112 How Much Does Culture Determine? P.147
"The empirically rich and analytically provocative contributions to this volume focus on Africa and on the process through which commodities come into being. Commodifcation is shown to be a powerful tool towards understanding the modern world, especially South economies and Sout…
Social anthropology of work
by Wallman, Sandra, A.S.A. Conference, University of York)
fromASA monographs