A handbook of economic anthropology
- نوع فایل : کتاب
- زبان : انگلیسی
- مؤلف : James G Carrier
- ناشر : Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar
- چاپ و سال / کشور: 2005
- شابک / ISBN : 9781845423469
Description
Introduction / James G. Carrier -- Part I. Orientations -- Introduction / Karl Polanyi, Barry L. Isaac -- Anthropology, political economy and world-system theory / J.S. Eades -- Political economy / Don Robotham -- Decisions and choices : the rationality of economic actors / Sutti Ortiz -- Provisioning / Susana Narotzky -- Community and economy : economy's base / Stephen Gudeman -- Part II. Elements -- Property / Chris Hann -- Labour / E. Paul Durrenberger -- Industrial work / Jonathan Parry -- Money : one anthropologist's view / Keith Hart -- Finance / Bill Maurer -- Distribution and redistribution / Thomas C. Patterson -- Consumption / Rudi Colloredo-Mansfeld -- Part III. Circulation -- Ceremonial exchange / Andrew Strathern, Pamela J. Stewart -- The gift and gift economy / Yunxiang Yan Barter, Patrick Heady -- The anthropology of markets / Kalman Applbaum -- One-way economic transfers / Robert C. Hunt -- Part IV. Integrations -- Culture and economy / Michael Blim Gender, Maila Stivens -- Economy and Religion / Simon Coleman -- Economies of ethnicity / Thomas Hylland Eriksen -- Environment and economy : mutual connections and diverse perspectives / Eric Hirsch -- Part V. Issues -- Economic anthropology and ethics / Peter Luetchford -- Households and their markets in the Andes / Enrique Mayer -- Peasants / Mark Harris -- Value : anthropological theories of value / David Graeber -- Value : economic valuations and environmental policy / Catherine Alexander -- Anthropology and development : the uneasy relationship / David Lewis -- Part VI. Regions -- South America / Terry Roopnaraine -- Africa south of the Sahara / Mahir Saul -- The Near East / Julia Elyachar -- South Asia / John Harriss -- East Asia / J.S. Eades -- Postsocialist societies / Chris Hann.
For more than a century, anthropologists have studied the economic lives and institutions of people around the world. The results of their research and reflection on economy have generally stayed within the discipline and have not been available in an accessible form to a broader readership.
