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Anthropology and economy
- Title
- Anthropology and economy / Stephen Gudeman (University of Minnesota).
- Author
- Gudeman, Stephen F.
- Publication
- Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2016.
- ©2016
- Supplementary Content
- Cover image
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFE 16-1980 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- viii, 225 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Summary
- "Comparative and critical, Anthropology and Economy offers a uniquely cross-cultural view of economy. Using examples from market and non-market situations, the book shows how economies are built on five increasingly abstract spheres, from the house to community, commerce, finance, and meta-finance. Across these spheres, economy incorporates a tension between self-interested rationality and the mutuality of social relationships. Even when rational processes predominate, as in markets, economies rely on sociability and ritual to operate, whether as cronyism, pleas to divinities or the magical persuasions of advertising. Drawing on data and concepts from anthropology and economics, the book addresses wealth inequality, resource depletion, and environmental devastation especially in capitalism, providing an understanding of their persistence and ideas for controlling them. Given the recent financial crash, Gudeman offers a different understanding of the crisis and suggestions for achieving greater economic stability"--
- Series Statement
- New departures in anthropology
- Uniform Title
- New departures in anthropology.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 206-213) and index.
- Contents
- 1. Strange economies -- 2. The strength of the house -- 3. Mutuality and connections -- 4. Rituals of economy -- 5. From celebrations to sales -- 6. Colonizing -- 7. Money and abstraction -- 8. Rethinking economy.
- Call Number
- JFE 16-1980
- ISBN
- 9781107130869
- 1107130867
- 9781107577206
- 1107577209
- LCCN
- 2015028911
- OCLC
- 920735354
- Author
- Gudeman, Stephen F., author.
- Title
- Anthropology and economy / Stephen Gudeman (University of Minnesota).
- Publisher
- Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2016.
- Copyright Date
- ©2016
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- New departures in anthropologyNew departures in anthropology.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 206-213) and index.
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- Research Call Number
- JFE 16-1980