Gifts and commodities /

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Gregory, C. A. (Chris A.) (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago, IL : Hau Books, 2015.
Edición:Second edition.
Temas:
Economic anthropology.
Economic development.
Anthropologie économique.
Développement économique.
economic development.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economics > General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Reference.
Economic anthropology
Economic development
Economic history
Papua New Guinea > Economic conditions.
Papua New Guinea
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. The competing theories
  • Political economy
  • Economics
  • 2. A framework of analysis
  • The general relation of production to consumption, distribution, and exchange
  • The definition of particular economies
  • 3. Gifts and commodities: circulation
  • The direct exchange of things
  • The circulation of things
  • The circulation of people
  • Circulation and distribution
  • 4. Gifts and commodities: reproduction
  • Production of commodities by means of commodities
  • Consumption of gifts by means of gifts
  • Summary
  • 5. Traditional and modern goods: a critique
  • The conceptual problem
  • The perceptual problem
  • The methodological problem
  • 6. The transformation of gifts into commodities in colonial Papua New Guinea
  • Theories of change in PNG
  • The emergence of commodity production in PNG
  • 7. The transformation of commodities into gifts in colonial Papua New Guinea
  • Restricted reproduction in the Sepik District
  • Delayed reproduction in the highlands
  • The kula gift exchange system of Milne Bay District
  • Gift exchange and capital accumulation in Central District
  • Conclusion
  • Mathematical appendix: A matrix approach to the calculus of kinship relations.

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