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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... Production of Commodities by Means of Goods 119 V. Mercantile Kinship 163 VI . Usury , Interest and Usance 211 VII . Domesticated Money 233 VIII . Savage Money 265 IX . Toward a Radical Humanist Anthropology 297 Bibliography 313 Index ...
... Production of Commodities by Means of Goods 119 V. Mercantile Kinship 163 VI . Usury , Interest and Usance 211 VII . Domesticated Money 233 VIII . Savage Money 265 IX . Toward a Radical Humanist Anthropology 297 Bibliography 313 Index ...
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... Produce Marketing Committee ( Mandi ) : net income 154 IV.9 Kisan rice mill : paddy purchases and rice production 156 IV.10 Kisan rice mill : profits and losses 157 V.1 Glass bangle retail merchants : average daily sales and profits ...
... Produce Marketing Committee ( Mandi ) : net income 154 IV.9 Kisan rice mill : paddy purchases and rice production 156 IV.10 Kisan rice mill : profits and losses 157 V.1 Glass bangle retail merchants : average daily sales and profits ...
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... production , and radical humanists on the relations of reciprocal recognition between the valuers . Humanists do not deny the importance of the other approaches but they do see them as secondary . But they are not the only theorists who ...
... production , and radical humanists on the relations of reciprocal recognition between the valuers . Humanists do not deny the importance of the other approaches but they do see them as secondary . But they are not the only theorists who ...
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... production . The invisible hand of the market belongs to the capitalist who expropriates the surplus - labour of the worker . The workers , for their part , are proletarians who are obliged to sell their own labour on the market in ...
... production . The invisible hand of the market belongs to the capitalist who expropriates the surplus - labour of the worker . The workers , for their part , are proletarians who are obliged to sell their own labour on the market in ...
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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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