Theory in economic anthropology / edited by Jean Ensminger.

Format Book
Publication InfoWalnut Creek, CA : AltaMira Press, ©2002.
Descriptionxix, 316 pages ; 23 cm.
Subjects
Economic anthropology.

SeriesSociety for Economic Anthropology monographs ; no. 18
Society for Economic Anthropology monographs ; no. 18. ^A460224
Contents Theory in economic anthropology at the turn of the century -- Property rights and incentives for agricultural growth: women farmers' crop control and their use of agricultural inputs -- Transaction cost economics: accomplishments, problems, and possibilities -- Experimental economics: a powerful new method for theory testing in anthropology -- Commodity flows and the evolution of complex societies -- Economic transfers and exchanges: concepts for describing allocations -- Polanyi and the definition of capitalism -- Chayanov and theory in economic anthropology -- Space, place, and economic anthropology: locating potters in a Sri Lankan landscape -- Indians, markets, and transnational studies in Mesoamerican anthropology: predicaments and opportunities -- Transcending the formal/informal distinction: commercial relations in Africa and Russia in the post-1989 world -- Commodity chains and the international secondhand clothing trade: Salaula and the work of consumption in Zambia -- When good theories go bad: theory in economic anthropology and consumer research -- Decision making, cultural transmission, and adaptation in economic anthropology.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and indexes.
LCCN 2001046113
ISBN0759102058 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0759102066 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks GN448 .T54 2002 ✔ Available Place Hold