Research in economic anthropology . Volume 30 Economic action in theory and practice: anthropological investigations [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Donald C. Wood

• Pubblicazione: Bingley, UK, : Emerald, 2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (367 p.)
• Disciplina: 306.3
• Soggetto topico: Economic anthropology; Economic development; Markets; Identity (Psychology) - Economic aspects
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: WoodDonald C
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: 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 ; 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Research in economic anthropology
• ISBN: 1-282-75293-6; 9786612752933; 0-85724-118-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910460029303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Research in economic anthropology ; ; v. 30.