The Anthropology of Economy

Community, Market, and Culture
1. Auflage 2001
ISBN: 978-0-631-22567-6
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons

Buch, Englisch, 200 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 295 g

Recent, dramatic changes in local and global economies have profoundly affected the lives of millions and have demanded that students of economy rethink their analytical approaches. In The Anthropology of Economy, noted anthropologist Steve Gudeman presents a model and lexicon for thinking about and discussing "things economic."

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gudeman, Stephen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments.

1. Community, Market, and Culture.

2. Economy at the Base.

3. Sharing the Base.

4. The Great Estate: Power, Extraction, and Expansion.

5. Reciprocity and the Gift: Extending the Base.

6. Trade and Profit.

7. Profit on the Small.

8. Realms and Dialectics: Values in Production, Trade, and Use.

9. Political Economy Today.

References.

Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Stephen Gudeman is Professor and Chair of the Department of Anthropology, University of Minnesota. Author of numerous books and articles, including The Demise of A Rural Economy (1978), Economics as Culture (1986), and Conversations in Colombia: The Domestic Economy in Life and Text (with Alberto Rivera, 1990), he also edited Economic Anthropology (International Library of Critical Writings in Economics, 1999).