Focuses on the issue of health. This book concentrates on the identification and analysis of economic factors in the production of health and wellness. It consists of ten anthropological papers that explore the general theme of the economics of health and wellness in a variety of ways.
Focuses on the issue of health. This book concentrates on the identification and analysis of economic factors in the production of health and wellness...
Patricia Ann McAnany, Donald C. Wood, John A. Bishop (East Carolina University, USA), Patricia A. McAnany, E. Christian
Increasingly, economists have acknowledged that a major limitation to economic theory has been its failure to incorporate human values and beliefs as motivational factors. Conversely, the economic underpinnings of ritual practice are under-theorized and therefore not accessible to economists working on synthetic theories of human choice. This book addresses the problem by bringing together anthropologists with diverse backgrounds in the study of religion and economy to forge an analytical vocabulary that constitutes the building blocks of a theory of ritual economythe process of provisioning...
Increasingly, economists have acknowledged that a major limitation to economic theory has been its failure to incorporate human values and beliefs as ...
Following the Second World War, a massive land reclamation project to boost Japan's rice production capacity led to the transformation of the shallow lagoon of Hachirogata in Akita Prefecture into a seventeen-thousand-hectare expanse of farmland. In 1964, the village of Ogata-mura was founded on the empoldered land inside the lagoon and nearly six hundred pioneers from across the country were brought to settle there. The village was to be a model of a new breed of highly mechanized, efficient rice agriculture; however, the village's purpose was jeopardized when the demand for rice fell,...
Following the Second World War, a massive land reclamation project to boost Japan's rice production capacity led to the transformation of the shall...
Explores economic development, integration, and morality in economic transactions in Asia and the America. This title includes chapters that look at underground gambling behavior in China in light of that country's economic boom and retail store expansion and local socioeconomic effects in rural Mexico.
Explores economic development, integration, and morality in economic transactions in Asia and the America. This title includes chapters that look at u...
It is becoming increasingly difficult to deny that human activity is a factor in global climate change. This special volume of REA facilitates readers to better understand the ways in which people around the world have adapted (or failed to adapt) culturally to changing economic conditions caused by climate change. It focuses on specific situations in particular locations, showcasing (and confirming) the strength and value of intensive ethnographic or archaeological "investigation. The authors discuss: 1) How has climate change affected production, distribution, or consumption at the local...
It is becoming increasingly difficult to deny that human activity is a factor in global climate change. This special volume of REA facilitates readers...
