Recent, dramatic changes in local and global economies have profoundly affected the lives of millions and have demanded that students of economy rethink their analytical approaches. In The Anthropology of Economy, noted anthropologist Steve Gudeman presents a model and lexicon for thinking about and discussing "things economic."
About the Author
Stephen Gudeman is Professor and Chair of the Department of Anthropology, University of Minnesota. Author of numerous books and articles, including The Demise of A Rural Economy (1978), Economics as Culture (1986), and Conversations in Colombia: The Domestic Economy in Life and Text (with Alberto Rivera, 1990), he also edited Economic Anthropology (International Library of Critical Writings in Economics, 1999).
Features
Using an anthropological perspective, offers a new comparative model of economy.
Demonstrates how all economies are made up of both markets & communal life.
Using 60-70 examples from historical and contemporary cross-cultural contexts, shows how financial profit and capital are dependent on social relationships.
Argues that reciprocity is the result of community-not its foundation.
