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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... importance of periodic markets in terms of grain purchased by merchants 146 IV.2 Market areas of grain merchants 149 V.1 Territorial expansion of a Jain lineage 169 V.2 Market areas of silver merchants who travel by jeep 186 V.3 Market ...
... importance of periodic markets in terms of grain purchased by merchants 146 IV.2 Market areas of grain merchants 149 V.1 Territorial expansion of a Jain lineage 169 V.2 Market areas of silver merchants who travel by jeep 186 V.3 Market ...
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... important , but neglected , No Money on our Skins ( 1975 ) is further evidence that not all ethnographers deny coevality . Nevertheless , Fabian has identified a dominant theoretical value in anthropological discourse that continues to ...
... important , but neglected , No Money on our Skins ( 1975 ) is further evidence that not all ethnographers deny coevality . Nevertheless , Fabian has identified a dominant theoretical value in anthropological discourse that continues to ...
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... important , then , not to give a spurious primacy to the House ; equally , it is important not to be fooled by the claims of the anarchists and Marxists that their perspective is somehow privileged . Anthropologists have made an ...
... important , then , not to give a spurious primacy to the House ; equally , it is important not to be fooled by the claims of the anarchists and Marxists that their perspective is somehow privileged . Anthropologists have made an ...
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... important but less so . If the world market has colonised the globe and become transnational , then the various national states have divided and occupied every square inch of land on it . The territoriality of the House , by contrast ...
... important but less so . If the world market has colonised the globe and become transnational , then the various national states have divided and occupied every square inch of land on it . The territoriality of the House , by contrast ...
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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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