ISBN:
9781787431942
,
9781787432406
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (303 Seiten)
Edition:
First edition 2017
Series Statement:
Research in Economic Anthropology volume 37
Series Statement:
Research in economic anthropology
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Anthropological considerations of production, exchange, vending and tourism
DDC:
301
Abstract:
Volume 37 of REA features eleven original articles organized in four different sections, each focusing on a specific, popular and significant theme in economic anthropology: production, exchange, vending, and tourism
Abstract:
Front Cover -- Anthropological Considerations of Production, Exchange, Vending and Tourism -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- Editorial Advisory Board -- Introduction: Production, Exchange, Vending, and Tourism -- Part I: Production -- Cultural Economics and Ramifications of Home-Brewing, Selling and Consumption of Alcohol among the Maragoli of Western Kenya -- Introduction -- Beer Brewing in the Indigenous Maragoli Society -- Study Site Description, Research Approach, and Methods -- Brewing and Consumption of Beer in Contemporary Maragoli Society -- Effects of Beer Consumption on the Consumers' Household Members -- Consequences of Beer Consumption on Producers' and Sellers' Households -- Impact of Beer Brewing, Selling, and Drinking on Women's Agricultural Production -- Efforts to Reduce the Detrimental Ramifications of Home-Made Beer Consumption -- Conclusion -- References -- Synergistic Change and Smallholder Agriculture in Pérez Zeledón, Costa Rica -- Introduction -- The Demise of the Family Farm? Livelihood Diversification and De-Agrarianization -- Smallholder Agriculture in Pérez Zeledón -- Historic Context of Coffee Production in Costa Rica -- Coffee and Smallholders in Pérez Zeledón -- Occupational Multiplicity and the Exit from Agriculture -- The End of Smallholder Agriculture Pérez Zeledón? -- Diversified Coffee Markets -- Diversifying Farming -- Conclusions: Transformative Synergies and Family Farming -- Notes -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Transition to Farming More Likely in a Land of Plenty -- Introduction -- Traditional Theories of the Transition to Farming and their Limits -- The Multiple and Evolving Goals of Human Foraging Behaviour -- Human/Environment Interaction and Niche Construction Theory -- Niche Construction Theory -- From Free Environment to Initial Domestication
Abstract:
Domestication and Cultivation: Related but Not Dependent -- Social Organization and Institutions Related to Ownership -- From Open-Access Resources to Exclusive Property Rights -- The Coevolution of Foraging and Sharing -- Property Rights and Farming: Linked but Not Dependent -- Recent Theories and Levantine Archaeological Evidence Support 'Pull Explanations' -- The Evolution of Human Manipulation of the Environment -- The Evolution of the Forms of Ownership -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Acknowledgement -- References -- Part II: Exchange -- Long-Distance Exchange and Centralized Political Power in Precolumbian America -- Long-Distance Exchange in Late Prehispanic States -- Tawantinsuyu: The Inka Empire -- Triple Alliance: The Aztec empire -- Maya Kingdoms of Northern Yucatan -- Long-Distance Exchange without Centralized Political Power and Social Stratification: The Land of Ulúa -- Discussion and Concluding Remarks -- References -- Markets of the Heart: Weighing Economic and Ethical Values at Ten Thousand Villages -- Introduction -- Ten Thousand Villages Values -- Economic Agency in the Face of "Capitalism" -- What Vulnerabilities Are Visible? -- Reframing Value: Reducing Artisan Risk through Relationships -- Challenging "Normal" Trade -- Can a Subsuming System be Subverted? -- The Ethical Dangers of "Fairwashing" -- Relations Other than Rescue? -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Provisioning, Shopping and Productive Leisure at North Market, Columbus, Ohio -- Introduction -- Miller's Theory of Shopping -- Meet North Market -- Data -- Data - Customers and Spending at North Market -- Analysis -- Provisioning -- Thrift -- The Treat -- Productive Leisure -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Relative Customers: Demand-Sharing, Kinship and Selling in Solomon Islands -- Introduction -- The Economy of Gilbert Camp - A Quick Overview
Abstract:
Domestic Tradestores: Turning Relatives into Customers -- Outdoor Tradestores: Turning Customers into Relatives -- The Compatible Logics of Kinship and Market Values -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Part III: Vending -- Struggles with Changing Politics: Street Vendor Livelihoods in Contemporary China -- Introduction -- Historical Background -- Street Vending in Sanya City: Livelihoods for the Poor -- Political Campaigns and Government Institutions -- Suppression during Political Campaigns -- Aggressive Governance -- Expected Victims -- Daily Regulation -- Sluggish Urban Inspectors -- Street Vendors' Strategies -- Conclusions -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Appendix: Background Characteristics of Interviewed Vendors -- Sons of Peasants on the Beach: Vendors in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico -- Introduction -- The Context: Shocks to Peasants/Small Farmers in Mexico -- The Green Revolution -- Neoliberalism and Its Discontents -- The Beach Vendors -- Sons of Campesinos -- Conclusions -- Notes -- References -- Part IV: Tourism -- Debts and Uncertainty: Circulation of Advance Money among Tourism Entrepreneurs in Agra, India -- Introduction: Markets in Circulation -- The Social and the Economic: Between Embeddedness and Circuits of Commerce -- Tourism in Agra: Uncertainty and Commission -- Commission Alliances between Showroom Owners and Tour Guides -- Agra's Entrepreneurs: Showroom Owners and Tour Guides -- Proliferation of Risks through Commission Alliances -- Circulating Debt -- Circulation of Bad Debt and Its Implications -- Paisa jo bandh deta hai: The Obligations of Bad Debts for Tour Guides -- Relations between Tour Guides and Tourists -- The Costs and Risks for Showroom Owners -- Conclusion: Circulation of Debt and Its Implications -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Making "Easy" Money: Resilience and Risk in Jamaica
Abstract:
Introduction -- Background -- Economy -- Tourism in Jamaica -- Setting -- Methods -- Sex Tourism and Resilience -- Risky Behaviors -- Conclusion -- References -- About the Authors -- Index
DOI:
10.1108/S0190-1281201737
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