Savage MoneyThis volume is not simply another general theory of world system. It is a theoretically and ethnographically informed collection of essays which opens up new questions through an examination of concrete cases, covering global and local questions of political economy. |
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... Economic and Cultural Change in Tuscany JEFF PRATT The Textual Life of Savants : Ethnography , Iceland , and the Linguistic Turn GISLI PĂLSSON Narratives of Nation in the South Pacific edited by TON OTTO AND NICHOLAS THOMAS Nationalism ...
... Economic and Cultural Change in Tuscany JEFF PRATT The Textual Life of Savants : Ethnography , Iceland , and the Linguistic Turn GISLI PĂLSSON Narratives of Nation in the South Pacific edited by TON OTTO AND NICHOLAS THOMAS Nationalism ...
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... commodity exchange . - ( Studies in anthropology and history ; v . 21 ) 1. Money 2. Economics - Sociological aspects I. Title 332.4 ISBN 90-5702-091-2 ( Hardcover ) To Judy , Polly and Melanie Contents List of Figures.
... commodity exchange . - ( Studies in anthropology and history ; v . 21 ) 1. Money 2. Economics - Sociological aspects I. Title 332.4 ISBN 90-5702-091-2 ( Hardcover ) To Judy , Polly and Melanie Contents List of Figures.
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... Economic and Cultural Change in Tuscany Jeff Pratt VOLUME 18 The Textual Life of Savants: Ethnography, Iceland, and the Linguistic Turn Gisli PAlsson VOLUME 19 Narratives of Nation in the South Pacific edited by Ton Otto and Nicholas ...
... Economic and Cultural Change in Tuscany Jeff Pratt VOLUME 18 The Textual Life of Savants: Ethnography, Iceland, and the Linguistic Turn Gisli PAlsson VOLUME 19 Narratives of Nation in the South Pacific edited by Ton Otto and Nicholas ...
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... : the anthropology and politics of commodity exchange. (Studies in anthropology and history; v. 21) 1. Money 2. Economics - Sociological aspects I. Title 332.4 ISBN 90-5702-091-2 (Hardcover) To Judy, Polly and Melanie.
... : the anthropology and politics of commodity exchange. (Studies in anthropology and history; v. 21) 1. Money 2. Economics - Sociological aspects I. Title 332.4 ISBN 90-5702-091-2 (Hardcover) To Judy, Polly and Melanie.
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... economic consequence of the Vietnam war , the most expensive in world history , was that gold quite literally escaped from Fort Knox . The U.S. government lost its power to domesticate gold and the so 1 I: The Value Question.
... economic consequence of the Vietnam war , the most expensive in world history , was that gold quite literally escaped from Fort Knox . The U.S. government lost its power to domesticate gold and the so 1 I: The Value Question.
Contents
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Beyond Gifts and Commodities | 41 |
Land as the Supreme Good | 71 |
Production of Commodities by Means of Goods | 119 |
Mercantile Kinship | 163 |
Usury Interest and Usance | 211 |
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Savage Money: The Anthropology and Politics of Commodity Exchange Chris A. Gregory Limited preview - 1997 |
Savage Money: The Anthropology and Politics of Commodity Exchange Chris A. Gregory Limited preview - 1997 |
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