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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... notion of the House , like that of the State and the Market , is an abstraction from a wide variety of historical and geographical forms ; but what differentiates the values associated with the institution of the House is that they ...
... notion of the House , like that of the State and the Market , is an abstraction from a wide variety of historical and geographical forms ; but what differentiates the values associated with the institution of the House is that they ...
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... notion of culture that is used as a standard by which others are judged— always negatively of course . They are so ignorant of alternative values that they do not know how ignorant they are . Nor have they any tolerance for debate ...
... notion of culture that is used as a standard by which others are judged— always negatively of course . They are so ignorant of alternative values that they do not know how ignorant they are . Nor have they any tolerance for debate ...
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... notion of the House to southeast Asia , applies equally to India and possibly many other places as well . What characterises the House in India is the overlap between House and Market . The bookkeeper of the Indian merchant family , for ...
... notion of the House to southeast Asia , applies equally to India and possibly many other places as well . What characterises the House in India is the overlap between House and Market . The bookkeeper of the Indian merchant family , for ...
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... notions of class consciousness or individual cognition rather than on reciprocal recognition . I begin , therefore , with a discussion of the former two . The logic of market valuation is quantitative and mathematical and it goes as ...
... notions of class consciousness or individual cognition rather than on reciprocal recognition . I begin , therefore , with a discussion of the former two . The logic of market valuation is quantitative and mathematical and it goes as ...
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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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