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UNINA9910460029303321 |
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Titolo |
Research in economic anthropology . Volume 30 Economic action in theory and practice: anthropological investigations [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Donald C. Wood |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Bingley, UK, : Emerald, 2010 |
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ISBN |
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1-282-75293-6 |
9786612752933 |
0-85724-118-4 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (367 p.) |
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Collana |
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Research in economic anthropology, , 0190-1281 ; ; 30 |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Economic anthropology |
Economic development |
Markets |
Identity (Psychology) - Economic aspects |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Front cover; Economic Action in Theory and Practice: Anthropological Investigations; Copyright page; Dedication; Contents; List of contributors; Introduction; References; Part I: Development and Inequality; Chapter 1. Borrowed places: Eviction wars and property rights formalization in Kazakhstan; Chapter 2. Resolving the problem of inequity in the distribution of wealth in Brazil: Approaches derived from the Infante Dom Pedro of Portugal, Adam Smith, Karl Marx, and Louis Kelso |
Chapter 3. Is Joseph Schumpeter's theory of economic development still useful? The case of a semirural community in ColombiaChapter 4. Compadrazgo networks and immigrant adaptation in a Nevada town; Chapter 5. The domestic economy and its implications for social complexity: Spondylus craft production in coastal Ecuador; Part II: Markets and Marketing, Continued; Chapter 6. Donkey bazaar, a bazaar of hell: an investigation into donkeys and donkey trading in Kashgar, Xinjiang, China |
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Chapter 7. Urban food provisioning in Cameroon: Regional banana plantain networks linking Yaounde and the villages of Koumou and ObanChapter 8. Hostile worlds and questionable speculation: Recognizing the plurality of views about art and the market; Chapter 9. Agents of hybridity: Class, culture brokers, and the entrepreneurial imagination in cosmopolitan Cairo; Chapter 10. Early markets and the market cross; Part III: Economic Activity and Identity; Chapter 11. Shifting transactional identities: Bazaar-style trade and risk management in the prestige economy of the Gabor Roma (Romania) |
Chapter 12. Reverse osmosis and a can of beans: An ethnographic study of Latin American immigrant shoppers in Nashville, TennesseeChapter 13. Working hard and staying safe: Drilling rig hands in Alberta; Book review: Market and society: The great transformation today (Chris Hann and Keith Hart, Eds.); References |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This volume focuses on various aspects of economic organization and behaviour, mainly based on empirical fieldwork conducted by the authors themselves. It presents a well-balanced collection of chapters on economic issues studied anthropologically, in its geographical and theoretical focus and in showcasing work by established and emerging researchers. |
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