ISBN:
9780857241184
,
9780857241177
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (368 pages)
Series Statement:
Research in Economic Anthropology Ser. v.30
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
306.3
Keywords:
Economic anthropology
;
Economic development
;
Identity (Psychology) ; Economic aspects
;
Markets
;
Electronic books
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
Contains 14 chapters that focus on various aspects of economic organization and behaviour, mostly based on empirical fieldwork conducted by the authors themselves. This title takes a look at urban food provisioning in Cameroon and an investigation into entrepreneurial activities in the rapidly-changing economy of Cairo.
Abstract:
Front cover -- Economic Action in Theory and Practice: Anthropological Investigations -- Copyright page -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of contributors -- Introduction -- References -- Part I: Development and Inequality -- Chapter 1. Borrowed places: Eviction wars and property rights formalization in Kazakhstan -- Informality and its treatment -- Pathways -- Eviction wars -- Legalization campaign -- Credit crunch and its aftermath -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 2. Resolving the problem of inequity in the distribution of wealth in Brazil: Approaches derived from the Infante Dom Pedro of Portugal, Adam Smith, Karl Marx, and Louis Kelso -- The infante dom pedro and the cadea de bemfeiturias4 -- Adam Smith and growing the wealth of the nation -- Karl Marx and the revolution of the proletariat -- Louis Kelso and the expansion of capital ownership -- A choice -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 3. Is Joseph Schumpeter's theory of economic development still useful? The case of a semirural community in Colombia -- Introduction -- La Chamba -- Innovation and change -- Explaining the relative success -- The sequential outsourcing system of La Chamba -- Technological change -- Closing remarks -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 4. Compadrazgo networks and immigrant adaptation in a Nevada town -- Introduction -- A case study -- Conclusions -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 5. The domestic economy and its implications for social complexity: Spondylus craft production in coastal Ecuador -- Social change in coastal Ecuador -- The nature of integration period craft production -- Results of analysis -- Conclusions: The role of the domestic economy in the development of social complexity -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Part II: Markets and Marketing, Continued.
Description / Table of Contents:
Front cover; Economic Action in Theory and Practice: Anthropological Investigations; Copyright page; Dedication; Contents; List of contributors; Introduction; References; Part I: Development and Inequality; Chapter 1. Borrowed places: Eviction wars and property rights formalization in Kazakhstan; Chapter 2. Resolving the problem of inequity in the distribution of wealth in Brazil: Approaches derived from the Infante Dom Pedro of Portugal, Adam Smith, Karl Marx, and Louis Kelso
Description / Table of Contents:
Chapter 3. Is Joseph Schumpeter's theory of economic development still useful? The case of a semirural community in ColombiaChapter 4. Compadrazgo networks and immigrant adaptation in a Nevada town; Chapter 5. The domestic economy and its implications for social complexity: Spondylus craft production in coastal Ecuador; Part II: Markets and Marketing, Continued; Chapter 6. Donkey bazaar, a bazaar of hell: an investigation into donkeys and donkey trading in Kashgar, Xinjiang, China
Description / Table of Contents:
Chapter 7. Urban food provisioning in Cameroon: Regional banana plantain networks linking Yaounde and the villages of Koumou and ObanChapter 8. Hostile worlds and questionable speculation: Recognizing the plurality of views about art and the market; Chapter 9. Agents of hybridity: Class, culture brokers, and the entrepreneurial imagination in cosmopolitan Cairo; Chapter 10. Early markets and the market cross; Part III: Economic Activity and Identity; Chapter 11. Shifting transactional identities: Bazaar-style trade and risk management in the prestige economy of the Gabor Roma (Romania)
Description / Table of Contents:
Chapter 12. Reverse osmosis and a can of beans: An ethnographic study of Latin American immigrant shoppers in Nashville, TennesseeChapter 13. Working hard and staying safe: Drilling rig hands in Alberta; Book review: Market and society: The great transformation today (Chris Hann and Keith Hart, Eds.); References;
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https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=581403
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