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Record Nr.

UNINA9910973919203321

Titolo

Capital, saving and credit in peasant societies : studies from Asia, Oceania, the Caribbean and Middle America / / edited by Raymond Firth and B.S. Yamey

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxon [England] : , : Routledge, , 2004

ISBN

1-136-53668-X

1-315-01751-2

0-415-33015-7

1-136-53661-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (400 p.)

Collana

Routledge library editions. Anthropology and ethnography

Raymond Firth : collected works ; ; 1

Altri autori (Persone)

FirthRaymond <1901-2002.>

YameyBasil S

Disciplina

400

Soggetti

Agriculture - Economic aspects

Agricultural credit

Developing countries

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published in 1964.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover                                   ; Half Title                                                  ; Title Page                                                  ; Copyright Page                                                              ; Original Title Page ; Original Copyright Page ; Table of Contents  ; Editors' Preface                                                                    ; The Authors                                                     ; 1. Capital, Saving and Credit in Peasant Societies: A Viewpoint from Economic Anthropology ; Studies in the Peasant 'Capital' Sector

Identification of Peasant Capital                                                                                                                       Formation and Management of Peasant Capital                                                                                                                                                     ; Saving and Investment                                                                                   ; Credit in the Peasant Economy

Social Conditions and Capital Development                                                                                                                                               2. Some Aspects of Credit, Saving and Investment in a 'Non-Monetary' Economy (Rossel Island); Sociological and Psychological Explanation in Economic Development


Rossel Island-a 'Non-Monetary' Economy Currency in Economic Transactions and Social Relationships                                                                                                                                                                                                  ; The Peculiarities of Rossel Currency                                                                                                                                ; The Credit System

Profiting from the Credit System                                                                                                                    Borrowing, Lending and Reciprocity                                                                                                                          ; Rossel Island Economic Development Today

3. Personal Capital Formation Among the Tolai of New Britain!

Sommario/riassunto

The formation and management of capital are among the central issues in economic growth, especially in 'under-developed' countries, and form the main theme in this volume. The societies examined vary widely, both geographically and also in terms of types of social and economic structures. <BR> First published in 1964.