The Moral economy of trade : ethnicity and developing markets
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The Moral economy of trade : ethnicity and developing markets
Routledge, 1994
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Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada
Includes bibliographical references (p. [246]-262) and index
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Description
While trade and markets are of interest to social scientists, the question of what can be bought from where, from whom, and at what price, is a matter of concern for most members of any society. As the world market grows and becomes more homogenous and Western development agencies intervene, the construction of Third World market systems come under scrutiny. But how do changes in a market-system affect the lives of the traders, their customers and their country? This text investigates the agents of trade during the process of transformation from an indigenous rural subsistence economy into a cash-crop producing market, and a more or less integrated market-system in Southeast Asia. Drawing on earlier anthropological and sociological studies of trade and markets in tribal and peasant societies, the contributors look at this situation from the viewpoint of the individual trader or group of traders. They explore their action strategies and the dilemmas they face.
Table of Contents
Part I. The Sociology of Trade - The Traders' Dilemma: 1.The Traders' Dilemma - A Theory of the Social Transformation of Markets and Society Hans-Dieter Evers 2.The Traders' Dilemma - The Perspective of the "Longue Duree" Tilman Schiel 3.The Discussion of Trade in Social Science Heiko Schrader 4.The Political Economy of Trade Peter Preston. Part II. Solutions to the Traders' Dilemma: 5.Javanese Petty Trade Hans-Dieter Evers 6.The Emergence of Trade in a Peasant Society - Javanese Transmigrants in Kalimantan Hans-Dieter Evers 7.Clove Traders and Peasants in Simeulue/Aceh Wolfgang Clauss 8.The Great Transformation in Minahasa/Indonesia Helmut Buchholt 9.Trade Routes, Trust and Tactics - Chinese Traders in Singapore Thomas Menkoff 10.Chinese Trading Firms in Transition Wolfgang Jamann 11.Chinese Rice Traders in Thailand Pannee Auansakul 12. A Himalayan Trading Community in Southeast Asia Heiko Schrader 13.The Creation of an Outsiders' Myth - The Mudalali of Sri Lanka Sarah Southwold-Llewwllyn 14.The Chettiar Moneylenders in Singapore Hans-Dieter Evers, Jayarani Pavadarayan and Heiko Schrader. Part III. The Traders' Dilemma in City and Nation: 15. Traders in the City - Power and Social Creativity Rudiger Korff 16.Trade and Conflict in the Third World Ulrich Mai and Helmut Buchholt 17.Trade, Market Expansion and Political Pluralism - Southeast Asia and Europe Compared Hans-Dieter Evers.
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