Bøger i Society for Economic Anthropology Monograph Series serien
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649,95 kr. Examines the contributions of anthropologists to general economic theory. This book challenges our understanding of human economies in the expanding global systems of interaction, with models and analyses from cross-cultural research. It is suitable for anthropologists, economists, economic historians, and political economists.
- Bog
- 649,95 kr.
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- From the Sacred to the Symbolic
595,95 kr. Discusses the value attached to material objects by different cultures. This book considers the sacred nature of objects that are exchanged between individuals, the value and power of markets, money, and credit, and the ways in which contemporary people bestow symbolic value on objects or individuals.
- Bog
- 595,95 kr.
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- Cultural Heritage and Economic Encounters
1.607,95 kr. Global Tourism: Cultural Heritage and Economic Encounters explores the connections among economy, sustainability, heritage, and identity that tourism and related processes make explicit. It illustrates how emerging theories of the economics of tourism can lead to the rethinking of traditionally non-touristic enterprises.
- Bog
- 1.607,95 kr.
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1.501,95 kr. Focusing on the role of labor in world economies, this book offers a range of case studies illustrating labor processes in both western and nonwestern societies. It includes sections with discussions on household labor, firms and corporations, and state and transnational conditions.
- Bog
- 1.501,95 kr.
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- An Anthropological Approach
478,95 kr. Economic development is an important focus of anthropological work in rural and urban communities around the world. This volume offers analyses on the theory and practice of development.
- Bog
- 478,95 kr.
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634,95 kr. Illuminates the importance of gender as a frame of reference in the study of economic life. This book considers the role of gender and work in a cross-cultural context. It examines issues of historical change, the construction of globalization, household authority and entitlement, and entrepreneurship and autonomy.
- Bog
- 634,95 kr.
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- Global and Local Dynamics
627,95 kr. Focuses on migration not as a single event but as a dynamic process that responds to and is shaped by broader economic, cultural, and social forces. This work considers issues of international and internal migration; of transnational and multilocal networks through which remittances and other flows take place; and of migrants as active agents.
- Bog
- 627,95 kr.
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- Anthropological Approaches
703,95 kr. In Economics and Morality, the authors seek to illuminate the multiple kinds of analyses relating morality and economic behavior in particular kinds of economic systems.
- Bog
- 703,95 kr.
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1.716,95 kr. This book explores the burgeoning interest in human cooperation among anthropologists, political scientists, economists, evolutionary psychologists, and biologists. Though typically neglected, cooperation is a crucial part of the triangle of allocation, formed with competition and obedience.
- Bog
- 1.716,95 kr.
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- The Cultural Economy of the Global Food System
1.471,95 kr. Examines how food systems are changing around the globe. This book offers a cultural perspective and provides ethnographic data on markets, industrial production, and food economies. It is suitable for professionals in economic and environmental anthropology: economic development, agricultural economics, consumer behavior and nutritional sciences.
- Bog
- 1.471,95 kr.
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- The Cultural Economy of the Global Food System
623,95 kr. Examines how food systems are changing around the globe. This book offers a cultural perspective and provides ethnographic data on markets, industrial production, and food economies. It is suitable for professionals in economic and environmental anthropology: economic development, agricultural economics, consumer behavior and nutritional sciences.
- Bog
- 623,95 kr.
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661,95 kr. Economies and the Transformation of Landscape explores both the general and specific ways in which local economic ventures around the world, such as mining, ranching, and farming, affect the environment.
- Bog
- 661,95 kr.
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- Power and Value from the Local to the Transnational
1.719,95 kr. The economy of textiles provides insight into the fabric of social relations, local and global politics, and diverse ideologies. Textile production and exchange represent a key node for the intersections of multiple aspects of ancient and modern economies, including social-class relations, gender, tourism, exchange, commerce, and transpolity relationships. A political economy of textiles, discussed from a broad interdisciplinary perspective, offers ways to understand cloth and clothing as parts of mutually constitutive processes that shape and reflect economic practices, cultural ideologies, and sociopolitical rank.
- Bog
- 1.719,95 kr.
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- Anthropological Approaches
1.407,95 kr. In Economics and Morality, the authors seek to illuminate the multiple kinds of analyses relating morality and economic behavior in particular kinds of economic systems.
- Bog
- 1.407,95 kr.
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1.831,95 kr. This volume explores the ways in which economies deal with severe crises: how vulnerability is economically constructed, how production and trade practices adapt to new situations, and how political economic objectives play out in recovery efforts.
- Bog
- 1.831,95 kr.
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625,95 kr. Focusing on the role of labor in world economies, this book offers a range of case studies illustrating labor processes in both western and nonwestern societies. It includes sections with discussions on household labor, firms and corporations, and state and transnational conditions.
- Bog
- 625,95 kr.