Caroline Humphrey / Stephen Hugh-Jones (eds.)

Barter, Exchange and Value

An Anthropological Approach
Herausgeber: Hugh-Jones, Stephen; Humphrey, Caroline

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Produktbeschreibung

This novel treatment of barter represents a topical addition to the literature on economic anthropology.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 212
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Juni 1992
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 352g
• ISBN-13: 9780521406826
• ISBN-10: 052140682X
• Artikelnr.: 21629838

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction: Barter, exchange and value Caroline Humphrey and Stephen
Hugh-Jones; 2. Politicised values: the cultural dynamics of peripheral
exchange Nicholas Thomas; 3. Yesterday's luxuries, tomorrow's necessities:
business and barter in northwest Amazonia Stephen Hugh-Jones; 4. Some notes
on the economics of barter, money and credit Luca Anderlini and Hamid
Sabourian; 5. Fair dealing, just rewards: the ethics of barter in
North-East Nepal; 6. Inter-tribal commodity barter and productivie
gift-exchange in old Melanesia Alfred Gell; 7. Qualified value: the
perspective of gift exchange Marilyn Strathern.