Economies across cultures : towards a comparative science of the economy

Author(s)

• Halperin, Rhoda H.

Bibliographic Information

Economies across cultures : towards a comparative science of the economy

Rhoda H. Halperin

Macmillan, 1988

Note

Bibliography: p. 187-215

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

A study containing a combination of theory, ethnography and history, focusing upon critical issues of economic organization and change. Labour organization, land tenure and the division of labour by age and sex are treated in the context of both practical and theoretical problems.

Table of Contents

Preface and Acknowledgements - Introduction: Economies Across Cultures: the Anthropological Approach - Paradigms for Studying Economies Across Cultures - The Institutional Paradigm in Economic Anthropology - Formal Models - Ecological and Institutional Paradigms: Production and the Organisation of Labour Among Hunter-Gatherers - Administered Production: Continuities in Mexican Political Economy - Age and Institutional Paradigm - Towards a Comparative Science of the Economy: Defining Units of Analysis - Index

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Details

• NCID: BA04944501
• ISBN:
  • 0333452364
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Basingstoke
• Pages/Volumes: ix, 226 p.
• Size: 22 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : HM211
  • DC19 : 330
• Subject Headings:
  • PRECIS : Economics. Social aspects
  • LCSH : Economics
  • LCSH : Sociology