Economies and Cultures: Foundations of Economic Anthropology

ISBN-13: 9780367319298 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019

Richard R Wilk;Lisa C. Cliggett

Opis

This book introduces economic anthropology to countries where it has never been taught before, including Vietnam, China, Brazil, Argentina, and Italy. It identifies the fundamental practical and theoretical problems that give economic anthropology its unique strengths and vision.

Spis treści

Preface to the Second Edition -- Economic Anthropology An Undisciplined Discipline -- Economics and the Problem of Human Nature -- Self-Interest and Neoclassical Microeconomics -- Social and Political Economy -- The Moral Human Cultural Economics -- Gifts and Exchange -- Conclusions Complex Economic Human Beings -- Appendix

O autorze

Richard Wilk is Distinguished Professor Emeritus in the Department of Anthropology at Indiana University Bloomington, USA.

Lisa Cliggett is a Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Kentucky, USA.